Cork man (37) jailed for nine years after pleading guilty to offences dating back to the early 2000s
Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the age difference between the accused and his victims had been exploited and the trust they had in him was 'cruelly betrayed'. Photograph: Matt KavanaghA Cork man who sexually abused a brother and sister in foster care after taking them “under his wing” has been jailed for nine years at the Central Criminal Court.
Mr Justice Paul McDermott said the age difference between the accused and his victims had been exploited and the trust they had in him was “cruelly betrayed”. He said the accused clearly knew what he was doing was wrong and went to great length to orchestrate his offending. He noted that both victims had suffered deeply.
He said the accused was watching pornography at a young age, as well as using alcohol and cannabis. The judge said if the accused had offended as an adult the headline sentence would be 20 to 21 years imprisonment, but as he was a child at the time he set a headline of 13 years. The accused was arrested in 2020 after a complaint was made to gardaí. He had suggested that his accusers might have been abused by someone else, but guilty pleas were entered prior to a trial date.
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