Man sentenced to five years and three months for abusing three children

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A man who abused three children over a 13-year period was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at Carlow District Court. The sentence was not suspended.

The defendant, 61, pleaded guilty to sample counts of indecent assault involving two boys and a girl. He cannot be named for legal reasons. The abuse took place from 1977 to 1990 on a farm in County Carlow, and the court heard that the family had trusted him and given him access to the children.

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