Ireland Named in reporting
Michelle Swords
1 report across 1 case, 14 May 2024 to 14 May 2024
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Victim
- Offences
- Sexual abuse of a child
- Where
- Co. Dublin
- Reporting
- 1 report, 14 May 2024 to 14 May 2024
- Outlets
- irishtimes.com
Cases
latest first- High Court awards €160,000 in child sexual abuse case, Dublin Sexual abuse of a child · Co. Dublin
Michelle Swords was sexually abused four or five times a week for five years by her brother Kenneth Cooke, a 61-year-old man, in the family home at Limekiln Green, Walkinstown, Dublin, between 1983 and 1987. Swords complained to gardaí in 2012, after which Cooke was interviewed. In 2014, Cooke was found guilty by a jury of 16 counts of indecent assault and sentenced to nine years, later receiving a further nine-year consecutive sentence for sexual assaults on a male. In May 2024, the High Court awarded Swords €160,000 in damages, with Judge Emily Egan describing the abuse as a very grave breach of trust.
No stage yetVictim · 1 report
Timeline
every report naming Michelle Swords, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 14 May2024High Court awards woman €160,000 against brother who regularly sexually abused her as a childvictim, Michelle Swords, female, irish (judged from name)Michelle Swords
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