Thomas Patton jailed 10 years for indecent assault

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Thomas Patton was jailed for 10 years for 24 indecent assaults at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court on 6 November 2019.

The offences against his young cousin occurred at Castlefinn over six years, beginning when the victim was aged six.

Judge Melanie Greally imposed four years for 10 offences committed while Patton was a minor and six years for 14 later offences, to run consecutively. The court heard Patton had no previous convictions and that the victim had waived anonymity.