Ireland Named in reporting
John Paul Hegarty
Born between January 1980 and January 1981, from the ages reported. 4 reports across 1 case, 17 Jan 2022 to 17 Jan 2022
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between January 1980 and January 1981, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Rape; oral rape; sexual assault
- Where
- Co. Cork
- Reporting
- 4 reports, 17 Jan 2022 to 17 Jan 2022
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com, corkbeo.ie, irishmirror.ie, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Man sentenced to seven years for rape of sister in Cork Rape; oral rape; sexual assault · Co. Cork
John Paul Hegarty, a man aged 41, was convicted by a jury in October 2021 of 19 counts of rape, one count of oral rape and four sexual assaults for repeatedly raping his sister Nora Hegarty, a woman now 35, over a three-year period in the 1990s at their family home in Glanmire, Co Cork. Nora, who was aged between nine and 12 at the time, reported the abuse to gardai on her 30th birthday. A jury of nine women and three men found him guilty at a Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork, and he was found not guilty of a 25th count of anal rape. In January 2022, Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment with the final year suspended, with a further three years for the sexual assaults to run concurrently.
Sentenced, 17 Jan 2022Convicted · 4 reports
Timeline
every report naming John Paul Hegarty, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 17 Jan2022‘He took my childhood from me’: Man jailed for repeated rape of sisterconvicted, John Paul Hegarty, 41, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Paul Hegarty
- 17 Jan2022Rape victim in Cork court to see her brother sentenced to 7 yearsconvicted, John Paul Hegarty, 41, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Paul Hegarty
- 17 Jan2022Man who raped his sister and 'stole her childhood' named as he is jailedconvicted, John Paul Hegarty, 41, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Paul Hegarty
- 17 Jan2022Cork man jailed for 7 years for raping youngest sisterconvicted, John Paul Hegarty, 41, male, named, irish (judged from name)John Paul Hegarty
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