John Gannon jailed for rape and sexual abuse of child

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John Gannon was jailed for rape and sexual abuse at the Central Criminal Court, receiving 13 years with the final five suspended, as reported on 9 October 2015. The offences involved a child abused between 1990 and 1994.

Gannon had previously been jailed for abusing the child’s two sisters. Mr Justice Tony Hunt treated the passage of time as a mitigating factor and said the victim had been severely damaged by the abuse.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.