Mayo man sentenced for defilement of 16-year-old

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A Mayo man was given a two-year sentence for defilement at the Central Criminal Court on 29 November 2016. The offence occurred in Co Mayo on 23 June 2012.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, had pleaded guilty to defiling a 16-year-old girl. The court also imposed four years of post-release supervision and registered him as a sex offender.

The judge said the case was not one of two young people engaging in willing sex near the age of consent. The complainant described lasting distress and the medical examinations following her report to gardaí.