Man’s sentence for abuse of stepdaughters increased to 12 years, with final two years suspended

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A resentencing on December 4 increased Gerard Nevin’s prison term from four years to 12 years, with the final two years suspended subject to conditions. The resentencing followed a Court of Appeal ruling that his original sentence did not reflect the seriousness of the offences.

Nevin had pleaded guilty to 22 counts of sexual assault against his stepdaughters, committed between 2012 and June 2020. The resentencing judge said the offending was of a very serious nature. She set nine-year sentences for offences against each victim, reduced them for mitigation and totality, and ordered them to run consecutively. The court also said one victim had required medical assistance for bruising sustained during the assaults.