Alleged IRA man Seamus Marley sentenced to seven years in jail for rape and sexual assault of two teenage boys
An alleged IRA member has been sentenced to a total of seven years in jail for raping and sexually assaulting two teenage boys in the early 1990s in what was described as a "republican safe house."
Seamus Marley, 45, originally from the Ardoyne area of Belfast, but with an address at Belfield Court, Stillorgan Road in Dublin, was found guilty by a jury last month of six counts of sexual assault and two counts of rape. During the trial, one of the victims told the court that Marley preyed on him, groomed him and ruined him during his most important years.
The other victim said he had lived in a mental state of despair for 27 years over what had happened. But he said there would be no more sleepless nights and he was taking his life back. The court was told that most of the abuse happened in a house where IRA volunteers would be brought in the 1980s and 1990s and stayed for a few days or weeks.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Alleged IRA man to be sentenced for rape of two boysAn alleged IRA member will be sentenced later this week for raping and sexually assaulting two teenage boys in what was described as a republican safe house in the early 1990s.
Read more »
Alleged IRA man who raped two boys left victim’s life ‘in tatters’Seamus Marley (45) found guilty of sex attacks on teenagers at ‘republican safe house’
Read more »
Lives of two men were 'torn apart' after they were raped by alleged IRA manAt a sentencing hearing on Monday both men gave victim impact statements detailing how their lives had been torn apart by the events
Read more »
DUP describes the New IRA as ‘sick and twisted’Unionist party responds to remarks by dissident group on taking advantage of Brexit
Read more »
‘Naive’ Dublin man avoids jail sentence over IRA explosivesLarry Behan admitted allowing terror group to take explosives from his father’s quarry
Read more »