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Grandfather rapist jailed for seven years

A 75-year-old man who raped his then nine-year-old granddaughter in a Wexford town in 1994 has been jailed for seven years by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court.

The west Dublin pensioner admitted he raped the girl in July 1994 and pleaded guilty to six further charges of sexually assaulting her from 1992 to 1998.

He also admitted four counts of indecently assaulting her older sister from 1983 to 1990.

Aileen Donnelly SC, prosecuting, said the sample guilty pleas from an indictment with 64 counts were accepted by the State on the basis of all evidence being heard.

The first 25 charges on the indictment related to the victim he raped, and the remaining 39 to her older sister.

Ms Donnelly said the Director of Public Prosecutions placed the rape charge “at the upper end of the scale for sentence, in a range of 10-12 years before mitigation was taken into consideration” because of the victim’s age, his continued sexual assault of her and that he was in a position of trust.

More story at-http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1022/1224625076865.html

© 2008 The Irish Times

 
 

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