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Case No. 22372Sexual assault (indecent assault; rape) · Co. Kilkenny

Kilkenny man jailed for six years and four months for abusing his two sisters in the 1970s

A 62-year-old Kilkenny man was sentenced to six years and four months' imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court for indecently assaulting and raping his two younger sisters during their childhood in the 1970s, in circumstances of poverty and parental neglect.

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  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced15 Feb
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Key facts

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  • whatThe man was sentenced to six years and four months' imprisonment (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe accused was aged between 15 and 22 when the abuse occurred (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe first sister was aged between five and a half and 12 at the time of the abuse (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe second sister was aged between 12 and 15 at the time of the abuse (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whatThe family lived in circumstances of poverty, parental neglect and alcoholism (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whereThe abuse took place at the family home in Kilkenny (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe indecent assault of the first sister occurred between 1973 and 1979 (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe indecent assault of the second sister occurred between 1976 and 1979 (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • whenThe rape of the second sister occurred between 1978 and 1979 (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • investigationThe younger sister made a complaint to gardai in 2018 (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • courtThe case was heard at the Central Criminal Court (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • courtMs Justice Mary Ellen Ring passed the sentence on Monday (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • courtThe man was convicted following a trial in December 2022 (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • sentenceConsecutive sentences totalling ten years and ten months were imposed with four and a half years suspended (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • sentenceThe sentence was backdated to May 2022 when the man went into custody (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • sentenceThe man was ordered to have no contact with the women directly, indirectly or via social media (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • sentenceHe received a two-year suspended sentence in 2005 for the 1990s offences (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherThe man has four previous convictions for sexually assaulting a young relative in the mid-1990s (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherThe second sister said her brother gave her €1,000 not to go to gardai (kilkennypeople.ie)
  • otherThe man has been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder (kilkennypeople.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 15 Feb2023
    Sentencedkilkennypeople.ie, first report
    Kilkenny man jailed for abusing his two sisters in childhood of 'poverty and dysfunction'

    Reports the sentencing at the Central Criminal Court of a 62-year-old Kilkenny man convicted in December 2022 of indecently assaulting and raping his two sisters in the 1970s. Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring imposed consecutive sentences totalling ten years and ten months with four and a half years suspended, backdated to May 2022.

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