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Sunday 27 September 2020
The boy, now aged 15, faces two charges for engaging in oral and anal sex with a child under the age of 15.
The case was heard today at the Central Criminal Court.
The man was arrested after the girl was found in a Dublin suburb and complained that she had been raped by him.
The girl’s mother contacted gardaí after finding concerning messages on her laptop.
The British man was arrested in Dublin in July after he travelled to Ireland to speak to the teen’s mother about his relationship with her daughter.
Judge Melanie Greally praised the girl’s courage in coming forward at a young age for what she said was a “very difficult process”.
At Ennis Circuit Court, Sergeant John Casey said that he had “grave concerns” that the 19-year old male “poses a personal risk to the safety of the injured party”.
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The man has pleaded guilty.
Former sports journalist Tom Humphries has been jailed for two-and-a-half years for grooming and sexually abusing a teenage girl.
Tom Humphries joins a string of other abusers who have eroded the simple innocence of growing up on a glorious field, writes club camogie player and TheJournal.ie news editor Sinéad O’Carroll.
The former Irish Times sports journalist pleaded guilty last March to six sexual offences.
The man, from Mayo, was 19 at the time while the girl was 16. A two-year sentence was imposed on the man today.
The 17-year-old is one of five teenagers accused of having sex with the girl.
The victim was aged ten or eleven at the time.
“It is the greatest mistake of my life. It is a great lesson to me because now I will go to prison,” he told investigators.
Russell Ward (23) has been jailed for 18 months for carrying on the relationship which began when he was 16 and his step-sister was 12.
He will go on trial on 13 July.
It’s reported this morning that the government will next week consider laws reducing the age from 17 to 16. Should it?
AFTER A COLD week, another frosty few days are ahead of us.
Temperatures are set to drop to as low as -2 degrees tonight, according to Met Éireann.
Conditions will be dry and clear, but there will be widespread frost.
So, as the autumn weather is most certainly upon us, we want to know: Have you turned the heating on this week?
Poll Results:
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Max: 13 °C
Min: 6 °C
Mostly cloudy with spotty showers
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