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16/07/2008
Wexford Man Jailed For Sex Abuse
A Wexford farm labourer has been jailed for 10 years for raping a schoolgirl on several separate occasions.
The 29-year-old man - who cannot be named to protect the victim's identity - pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to six sample counts of raping the then nine to 12-year-old girl between 1997 and 1999.
Mr Justice Paul Carney also ordered that man's name is added to the register of sex offenders and that he undergoes 10 years post release supervision.
Mr Justice Carney said he assessed this case as meriting a 15-year term taking into consideration "the heinousness of the crime, the breach of trust, the victim's age, the impact it had on her and that the Director of Public Prosecutions regarded it as being on the higher end of penalty range".
The abuse occurred, the court was told, when the girl, who is related to the man, visited his home.
Sergeant Sean Lee told the prosecuting counsel that the rapes happened in a bedroom, hayseed and pig shed at the man's house. The man told his victim not to reveal what had happened after each of the attacks.
According to Sergeant Lee, the man came voluntarily to the garda station and made admissions. Although he admitted he had asked the victim not to tell anyone, he denied he had threatened the girl or her family.
(NS/JM)
The 29-year-old man - who cannot be named to protect the victim's identity - pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to six sample counts of raping the then nine to 12-year-old girl between 1997 and 1999.
Mr Justice Paul Carney also ordered that man's name is added to the register of sex offenders and that he undergoes 10 years post release supervision.
Mr Justice Carney said he assessed this case as meriting a 15-year term taking into consideration "the heinousness of the crime, the breach of trust, the victim's age, the impact it had on her and that the Director of Public Prosecutions regarded it as being on the higher end of penalty range".
The abuse occurred, the court was told, when the girl, who is related to the man, visited his home.
Sergeant Sean Lee told the prosecuting counsel that the rapes happened in a bedroom, hayseed and pig shed at the man's house. The man told his victim not to reveal what had happened after each of the attacks.
According to Sergeant Lee, the man came voluntarily to the garda station and made admissions. Although he admitted he had asked the victim not to tell anyone, he denied he had threatened the girl or her family.
(NS/JM)
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