Galway man jailed for nine years for raping teenage nephew

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A 51-year-old Galway man has been jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to the sexual exploitation and rape of his teenage nephew. The Central Criminal Court imposed a nine-and-a-half-year sentence and suspended its final six months on strict conditions. The man cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity.

The offences included rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation during a period between June 2016 and June 2017, when the victim was aged 14 to 15. The court heard the abuse took place at several locations, including the man’s car, home and a horsebox. The victim’s family became concerned about changes in his behaviour in 2017. The man pleaded guilty on the trial date in March, after a jury had been empanelled; he had no previous convictions.