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Case No. 30973Sexual assault (aiding and abetting); production of child pornography · Co. Kildare · 7 May 2018

Man who filmed drugged child's sexual assault remanded pending sentencing

A 22-year-old man who filmed a 15-year-old boy being orally raped after the victim was rendered unconscious with Penthrox was remanded in custody at the Central Criminal Court pending sentencing on May 6, 2022, after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting in sexual assault and production of child pornography. His 31-year-old Kildare co-accused, who committed the assaults, was sentenced to 11 years in 2020.

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  4. In court5 Apr
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  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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  • whatThe 22-year-old pleaded guilty to two charges of aiding and abetting in the sexual assault of a child on May 7 and 20, 2018. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe 22-year-old pleaded guilty to production of child pornography on May 7, 2018. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe 22-year-old was 18 years old at the time of the offences and was driving the vehicle. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe 31-year-old co-accused pleaded guilty to oral rape of one boy at a place in Co Laois on May 7, 2018. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe 31-year-old pleaded guilty to sexual assault and sexual exploitation of another child on May 20, 2018 at a place in south Dublin and in the Wicklow mountains. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe 31-year-old admitted stealing a vial of Penthrox and a carbon dioxide chamber from Naas Racecourse in 2018. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatAnalysis of the 22-year-old's phone revealed four videos recorded by him, including two of the 15-year-old being forced to inhale the drug and two of him being orally raped. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe whistle device used by the 31-year-old had been altered so a filter had been removed, making the drug four times more potent and causing memory loss. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatMedical evidence stated that Penthrox should not be administered to anyone under the age of 18. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe 22-year-old made a complaint to gardaí about a sexual relationship with his co-accused that began when he was 15. (kildarenow.com)
  • whatThe two accused knew each other through their work with a voluntary paramedic organisation. (kildarenow.com)
  • investigationGardaí confiscated the phone of the 22-year-old during a search of his home after the second victim made a complaint. (kildarenow.com)
  • courtThe 22-year-old was remanded in custody pending sentence on May 6. (kildarenow.com)
  • sentenceIn May 2020, Mr Justice Paul McDermott imposed an eleven-year prison term with 18 months suspended on the 31-year-old. (kildarenow.com)

The reporting

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  1. 5 Apr2022
    In courtkildarenow.com, first report
    Man who filmed child being sexually abused after the victim was drugged to be sentenced later relating to assaults in Kildare and Laois

    The 22-year-old who filmed the assaults was remanded in custody pending sentencing on May 6, 2022. He also made a complaint to gardaí about being sexually exploited by his co-accused from age 15. The 31-year-old was previously sentenced to 11 years with 18 months suspended in May 2020.

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