Limerick man jailed for four years and three months over abuse of two sisters

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Kieran Meaney was jailed for four years and three months after a jury found him guilty of 14 counts of indecently assaulting two sisters and one count of raping the older girl. The offences took place between August 1979 and August 1983, when the children were aged six to 11.

The Central Criminal Court set an aggregate headline sentence of 10 years and three months, reduced it to five years and six months to account for Meaney being a juvenile at the time, then imposed an effective global sentence of four years and three months after considering his work history, lack of previous convictions and personal circumstances. The sisters’ identities remain withheld.