Munster family members jailed for child sexual abuse

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Five unnamed Munster family members were jailed for sexual abuse and wilful neglect at the Central Criminal Court, receiving sentences of 15, 9, 15, 3 and 15 years, as reported on 18 January 2022. The offences involved sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and neglect of children in Munster between August 2014 and April 2016.

A jury convicted the five of all but one of 78 counts after a 10-week trial held at Croke Park. The sentences were backdated to custody, with three-year post-release supervision and orders barring contact with the children. The sources withhold the defendants’ names and report no later procedural outcome.