Joseph Thorpe receives suspended sentence for indecent assault

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Joseph Thorpe was given a 20-month prison sentence, suspended in full for 24 months, for indecently assaulting a boy during a football club trip to Co Kerry in the mid-1970s. The court ordered him to remain under Probation Service supervision for 18 months.

Thorpe pleaded guilty to one count of indecent assault. The complainant, who was aged 12 to 14 at the time, has chosen to remain anonymous. The judge said Thorpe had abused a position of trust and described him as “clearly a sexual predator”.