Ireland Teen resentenced to two years and six months for anal rape of 15-year-old girl in Tipperary
The Court of Appeal quashed a six-month detention sentence for a youth convicted of the anal rape of a 15-year-old girl at a derelict house in Tipperary in June 2022, finding it unduly lenient, and resentenced him to two years and six months in prison with 12 months suspended. The youth, who was six weeks short of his 16th birthday at the time, had already been released and was ordered back into custody.
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- Sentenced3 Dec
Key facts
consolidated from all reports18 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe youth was six weeks short of his 16th birthday at the time of the offending. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe victim was also 15 at the time of the offending. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe youth gave the girl between four and five bottles of cider while he drank one bottle. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe victim also consumed some alcoholic shots. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe boy stripped the girl, pushed her to her knees, forced his penis into her mouth, then anally penetrated her. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatA medical finding recorded a bleeding anal tear some five hours after the offending. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe victim was isolated and considerably intoxicated at the time. (irishmirror.ie)
- whereThe incident occurred at a derelict house in Tipperary. (irishmirror.ie)
- whenThe offending took place on June 18, 2022. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe youth was convicted by a majority jury verdict of anal rape and acquitted of a second charge of oral rape. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeThe charges were under section 4 of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990. (irishmirror.ie)
- courtThe trial was a nine-day Central Criminal Court trial in Limerick. (irishmirror.ie)
- sentenceThe original headline sentence was seven years, reduced by 60% for age and maturity, a further 36% for mitigating factors, and a nine-month discount for delay, resulting in six months and one week detention plus six months and one week community supervision. (irishmirror.ie)
- sentenceThe Court of Appeal set a new headline sentence of nine years, reduced by 50% for age and maturity to four and a half years, then by one year for mitigating factors to three and a half years, with the final 12 months suspended on a €100 bond. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe youth had already been released and was ordered back into prison. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe complainant met a group of friends, some of whom were communicating with the respondent via Snapchat, before getting into a car with the teenager. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe victim said she did not feel safe anywhere and wanted to sink into the ground. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe victim said she did not leave her house for two summers after the incident for fear of seeing him and getting flashbacks. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 3 Dec2024Teen back in jail after objection to 6-month detention for anal rape of girl, 15
Court of Appeal quashed original six-month detention as unduly lenient, set new headline sentence at nine years, applied 50% reduction for age and maturity, further one-year reduction for mitigating factors, and suspended the final 12 months on a €100 bond, resulting in a two-year-and-six-month custodial sentence backdated to the day the youth was taken into custody.
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