Miriam Henry and her older sister were both abused by their brother who received a suspended sentence last week
A woman who was sexually abused by her brother has criticised the Judge for quoting character references before handing him a suspended sentence.The abuse began in the family home when Mary was six and her brother was 12 and continued for about four years.Her brother was found guilty of five sample counts of abuse and received a fully suspended sentence last Friday."This went on when I was quite young, my brother is six years older than me," she said.
"It's one thing to go through this where you haven't told somebody but it's another thing to tell somebody and they don't care"."I'd been in counselling in the Rape Crisis Centre in Waterford for about a year before that," she said.'Justice for child you'"It's very traumatic retelling the actual incidents because obviously you have to give as much detail as you possibly can," she said.
"So not only did I have the trauma of going through this trial but I then had the trauma of travelling back to this area that I haven't been to in many, many years.Ms Henry also criticised the judge’s use of character references in her sentencing. "They were read out loud in the courtroom; one of them was from his wife and one was from his father-in-law.
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