Michael O'Reilly jailed for rape of 13-year-old girl

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Michael O'Reilly was sentenced to nine years at the Central Criminal Court, with the final 18 months suspended for 18 months, after being convicted of rape. Ms Justice Eileen Creedon passed sentence on 24 July 2023. The offence occurred in Dublin on 11 April 2021.

O'Reilly pleaded guilty to rape. The report said he claimed he honestly did not know the girl was 13, while forensic testing later matched his DNA to semen taken from her body during a sexual-assault examination.

The court also ordered O'Reilly to remain under Probation Services supervision for 18 months, follow its directions, register as a sex offender and have the sentence backdated from when he entered custody. His defence asked the court to consider that there were no weapons or separate violence, no gratuitous humiliation and that it was a once-off incident. The proceedings were reported on 24 July 2023.