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Case No. 7746Rape · Co. Dublin · 26 Sep 2020

Teenager convicted of raping girl given suspended sentence

A boy, 14 at the time, raped a 15-year-old girl after drinking alcohol for the first time on 26 September 2020, according to the case record in County Dublin. He was arrested later, pleaded not guilty to oral rape and rape, and was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court after a trial in May 2023. On 28 July 2023, Ms Justice Caroline Biggs gave him a fully suspended sentence of 106 days' detention with conditions, the latest development in the case.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced28 Jul
    2 reports
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A boy who was 14 at the time raped a 15-year-old girl after drinking alcohol for the first time.
Where
The case record places the offence in County Dublin, but the articles give no location for it.
When
The offences were alleged to have occurred on 26 September 2020.
Cause
The State accepted that the girl was too incapacitated by alcohol to consent, and she had no recollection of the rape.
Investigation
The boy was arrested later and admitted having sex with the girl.
Charges
The boy pleaded not guilty to charges of oral rape and rape.
In court
  • The boy was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court after a trial in May 2023.
  • Probation services recommended a suspended sentence, which the judge deemed appropriate.
Sentence
  • On 28 July 2023, Ms Justice Caroline Biggs gave the now 17-year-old boy a fully suspended sentence of 106 days' detention.
  • The suspension is conditional on probation appointments, HSE drug and alcohol counselling and good behaviour, and any detention could not go beyond his 18th birthday.
  • The sentence for rape would be seven to ten years before a discount, and the judge gave a large discount for the years-long delay in bringing the case to court.
Other details
  • A victim impact statement was read into the record by a local garda, in which the girl said the boy took something from her that can never be returned.
  • The boy has no previous convictions, and the judge said he was emotionally and sexually immature.
26 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe boy raped a girl after drinking alcohol for the first time. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatA boy who was 14 at the time raped a girl after drinking alcohol for the first time. (irishtimes.com)
  • whenThe rape took place on 26 September 2020. (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe offences were alleged to have occurred on 26 September 2020. (irishtimes.com)
  • causeThe girl was incapable of consenting because of alcohol. (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationThe boy was arrested later and admitted having sex with the girl. (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeThe boy pleaded not guilty to charges of oral rape and rape. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe boy was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court after a trial. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtMs Justice Caroline Biggs presided over the sentencing. (irishmirror.ie)
  • courtThe boy was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court after a trial the previous May. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe State accepted the rape on the basis that the girl was too incapacitated to consent. (irishtimes.com)
  • courtThe probation services recommended a suspended sentence, which the judge deemed appropriate. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe boy was given a fully suspended sentence of 106 days of detention. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceA condition of the sentence is that the boy attends all appointments with the probation services. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe sentence for a case of rape would be seven to ten years before a discount for mitigating factors. (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe sentence for rape would be seven to ten years before discount. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe judge gave a large discount because of the years-long delay in bringing the case to court. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceAny period of detention could not go beyond the boy's 18th birthday. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe boy was given a fully suspended sentence of 106 days' detention. (irishtimes.com)
  • sentenceThe suspended sentence is conditional on probation appointments, HSE drug and alcohol counselling and good behaviour. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherA victim impact statement was read into the record by a local garda. (irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe defendant has no previous convictions. (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe girl was 15 at the time and had no recollection of the rape due to her intoxication. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe girl said the boy took something from her that can never be returned. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe judge said the boy was emotionally and sexually immature. (irishtimes.com)
  • otherThe probation officer said the boy acknowledged the girl could not consent that night. (irishtimes.com)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 28 Jul2023
    Sentencedirishtimes.com, first report
    Boy (14) who raped girl (15) after drinking alcohol for first time given suspended sentence

    Sentencing report for the Central Criminal Court trial of a 17-year-old boy convicted of rape; it gives the sentence, the probation evidence and the judge's reasoning. No location within Ireland is given for the offence.

    convicted, 17, malevictim, 15, female
  2. 28 Jul2023
    Sentencedirishmirror.ie, follow-up
    Boy, 14, who raped girl after drinking for first time gets suspended sentence

    Sentencing report. The convicted boy, now 17, was 14 at the time of the offence. He was convicted by a jury after a trial last May and received a fully suspended sentence of 106 days of detention with conditions.

    convicted, 17, malevictim, 15, female