Josephine McMahon, a woman convicted of sexually abusing two young boys in Ireland, has died in a hospital after being transferred from prison.
An evil woman who sexually abused two young boys in a heinous crime which shocked the country has died in hospital. The Irish Mirror has learned that vile abuser Josephine McMahon (70), died of a suspected heart attack in hospital yesterday - several days after being transferred there from prison.
Sources have confirmed that McMahon, who was jailed to two and a half years in 2023 for the “heinous” abuse of two boys in Co Kerry 30 years ago, was transferred from the Dochas women's prison in Dublin to hospital over Christmas. It is understood she had been in poor health for some time - and she passed away in hospital on New Year's Day. It is likely she would have been released from prison later this year. McMahon’s case made headlines in June 2023 when she pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two sample counts of sexually assaulting two brothers at an address in Kerry on dates between 1992 and 1996. The boys were aged between four and five and between eight and 12 respectively at the time of the abuse. Sentencing her at the time, Ms Justice Karen O'Connor noted that the maximum sentence for the offence at the time is five years. She said she must take into account a number of mitigating factors when sentencing McMahon, including the fact that her health has significantly deteriorated and she will require dialysis in the coming months. Ms Justice O'Connor paid tribute to the two complainants in the case, saying they had demonstrated “extraordinary courage and dignity” throughout the court process. She wished them well into the future. At a sentencing hearing earlier that month, Detective Garda Darragh McGuire told Thomas Rice BL, prosecuting, that the youngest complainant was sexually abused while McMahon was minding hi
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