Judge was responding to request for leniency for Paul Dunleavy (88) on grounds of age ahead of sentencing for historic child sex offences
Judge was responding to request for leniency for Paul Dunleavy on grounds of age ahead of sentencing for historic child sex offencesto his victims after he was found guilty of a string of historic child sex offences, a judge has told a court in Belfast .
Sitting at Belfast Crown Court on Friday, Mr Lynch noted that the ex-school principal had insisted on all his nine victims giving evidence. Some victims were present in court and heard that Dunleavy denied any wrongdoing when complaints were first made in 2010 – and the North’s Public Prosecution Service did not charge him.
Prosecution barrister Neil Connor told the court that his offending was “near if not at the top” of abuse-related crimes and included “oral penetration and ejaculation”.Acting for Dunleavy, barrister Gary McHugh KC, said his client – who is currently in custody – will be in prison until his mid to late 90s.“There may be those who say so be it, but it is not as clear cut as the punitive component of the sentencing exercise,” he added.
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