Man jailed for indecent assaults appeals sentence

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A man who cannot be named appealed his ten-year sentence for 56 indecent assaults at the Court of Appeal on 6 October 2020. The offences involved his toddler cousin in Dublin between January 1982 and August 1986. The appeal challenged the sentence’s severity and the use of a 14-year headline sentence before mitigation. The court adjourned the case to 9 October 2020 for judgment.