Father of girl raped by teenage cousin criticises chronic underfunding of child sexual abuse services
The girl’s father was speaking at the sentencing of his 16 year-old nephew. By Declan Brennan Tuesday 26 Jan 2021, 6:53 PM Jan 26th 2021, 6:53 PM 31,074 Views 0 Comments
Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
Image: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie
THE FATHER OF a young girl who was raped by her cousin has criticised the “chronic lack” of government funding for a charity that supports victims of child sexual abuse.
The girl’s father was speaking at the sentencing of his 16 year-old nephew, who admitted sexually assaulting and raping his cousin on dates between December 2017 and May 2019 when she was aged between eight and nine and the perpetrator was aged 13 and 14.
Jury acquits man of raping 14-year-old girl in derelict Kildare building
21 Dec 2020
A jury has acquitted a man of raping a 14-year-old girl in a derelict building.
The man (21), who cannot be named for legal reasons, was aged 17 when he allegedly raped and sexually assaulted the girl during a game of Truth Or Dare .
The man had pleaded not guilty before the Central Criminal Court to counts of sexual assault, anal rape and defilement of a child at a derelict site in Co Kildare on May 14, 2016. He has no previous convictions.
The counts of anal rape and defilement were alternative charges relating to the same incident.