Unnamed man jailed for repeated rape of his cousin

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An unnamed man was jailed for repeated rape and sentenced to seven years and six months, with the final 18 months suspended, at the Central Criminal Court on 11 January 2024.

The offending took place in the child’s Dublin home between 2002 and 2003, when she was eight and the man was 16.

The court noted his guilty plea, expressions of remorse and reports as mitigating factors, and ordered post-release supervision and no unsupervised contact with children.

The sentence was backdated to 17 October 2023, when he entered custody, and the judge also ordered no contact with the victim.