'Evil' abuser who defiled teenage girls and plied them with heroin is spared more jail time

A 36-year-old man from County Mayo convicted of serious sexual offences against two teenage girls has had his prison sentence upheld on appeal. The man, who was 28 when the abuse began, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of defilement, having engaged in an abusive relationship with a 14-year-old girl and subsequently with her friend. He introduced both girls to heroin and used compromising photographs to control the…