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Friday 26 February, 2016

Drama teacher jailed for raping girl (7) at Offaly school
# Courts
# Courts

Drama teacher jailed for raping girl (7) at Offaly school

Feb 26th 2016, 2:44 PM 39,611 Views 33 Comments

The victim said a woman at the school had told her not to tell her mother about the abuse.

A man has been acquitted of raping a woman during a night out in Donegal
# Court
# Court

A man has been acquitted of raping a woman during a night out in Donegal

Feb 26th 2016, 2:23 PM 22,342 Views 0 Comments

The woman said she left the nightclub to make a phone call when the accused went with her.

Tuesday 23 February, 2016

A teacher who raped a seven-year-old student is appealing because a juror was 'smiling'
# Offaly
# Offaly

A teacher who raped a seven-year-old student is appealing because a juror was 'smiling'

Feb 23rd 2016, 6:06 AM 31,514 Views 0 Comments

The victim, now aged 25, said the pain was “unbelievable”.

Tuesday 9 February, 2016

Judge praises sex workers' "courage and determination", returns "hard earned" cash stolen from them
# Clyde Court Hotel
# Clyde Court Hotel

Judge praises sex workers' "courage and determination", returns "hard earned" cash stolen from them

Feb 9th 2016, 4:07 PM 42,316 Views 52 Comments

The prosecution in the case of thief Mantas Grazevicius had suggested that two sex workers’ earnings that Grazevicius had stolen be confiscated by the State.

Thursday 28 January, 2016

Man accused of possessing 67 allegedly stolen antique books said that he "can't read too well."
# Carton House
# Carton House

Man accused of possessing 67 allegedly stolen antique books said that he "can't read too well."

Jan 28th 2016, 9:13 PM 15,244 Views 0 Comments

The man pleaded not guilty to possessing the books at his home while knowing or being reckless as to whether they were stolen.

Wednesday 27 January, 2016

Man on trial for having ancient stolen books in his house
# Courts
# Courts

Man on trial for having ancient stolen books in his house

Jan 27th 2016, 5:59 PM 22,654 Views 0 Comments

51-year-old Andrew Shannon stands accused of unlawfully possessing the antique books which were taken from Carton House in Co Kildare in or around 2006.

Friday 22 January, 2016

Man who forced boy to have sex with him when they were both minors pleads with judge not to jail him
# Courts
# Courts

Man who forced boy to have sex with him when they were both minors pleads with judge not to jail him

Jan 22nd 2016, 4:43 PM 43,108 Views 0 Comments

The man says a jail term may make him suicidal. He has been convicted of forcing his friend to have sex at his home in 2011 when he was 15.

Tuesday 19 January, 2016

Judge warns head lice removal company they must pay employee for jury duty
# Courts
# Courts

Judge warns head lice removal company they must pay employee for jury duty

Jan 19th 2016, 4:47 PM 35,709 Views 71 Comments

“I’m happy to serve but I fear I may lose my job,” the woman told Justice McCarthy.

Monday 18 January, 2016

"I can't go out on my own anymore..." - Victim impact statement of woman with Down syndrome read to court
# Rape Trial
# Rape Trial

"I can't go out on my own anymore..." - Victim impact statement of woman with Down syndrome read to court

Jan 18th 2016, 4:51 PM 22,092 Views 78 Comments

Faisal Ellahi was found guilty of rape and sexual assault last month.

Tuesday 12 January, 2016

Man jailed after pretending to be a girl online so he could have sex with teen
# Grooming
# Grooming

Man jailed after pretending to be a girl online so he could have sex with teen

Jan 12th 2016, 12:07 PM 18,405 Views 24 Comments

He told her he was a teenage girl called ‘Julie’ after meeting her on the website Tagged.com.

Tuesday 22 December, 2015

Victim in horrific abuse case: "Some people had cereal for breakfast, I seemed to be molested for breakfast"
# Step-father
# Step-father

Victim in horrific abuse case: "Some people had cereal for breakfast, I seemed to be molested for breakfast"

Dec 22nd 2015, 9:04 PM 23,454 Views 0 Comments

A 51-year-old Wicklow man is to be sentenced in February for raping and sexually assaulting two boys hundreds of times.

Friday 18 December, 2015

"Absolutely correct" - Man found guilty of raping woman with Down syndrome
# Dublin
# Dublin

"Absolutely correct" - Man found guilty of raping woman with Down syndrome

Dec 18th 2015, 12:41 PM 23,977 Views 62 Comments

The judge said the man’s claims that the woman had consented to the acts was “absolutely ludicrous”.

Wednesday 9 December, 2015

Rape trial hears from accused who claims woman with Down syndrome enjoyed sexual activity
# Courts
# Courts

Rape trial hears from accused who claims woman with Down syndrome enjoyed sexual activity

Dec 9th 2015, 6:15 PM 29,127 Views 0 Comments

The Pakistani man also said that in his country people with mental disabilities are kept in hospitals or at home.

Friday 4 December, 2015

Woman with Down syndrome could not consent to sex, court told
# Dublin
# Dublin

Woman with Down syndrome could not consent to sex, court told

Dec 4th 2015, 6:45 PM 19,840 Views 0 Comments

A man is accused of luring the woman back to his house and raping her after she became separated from her mother.

Friday 27 November, 2015

Man accused of raping woman who has Down syndrome pleads not guilty
# Courts
# Courts

Man accused of raping woman who has Down syndrome pleads not guilty

Nov 27th 2015, 4:59 PM 15,630 Views 0 Comments

The man said that the woman “is a bad person”.

Tuesday 24 November, 2015

Woman with special needs tells rape trial that man took her to house for sex
# Dublin
# Dublin

Woman with special needs tells rape trial that man took her to house for sex

Nov 24th 2015, 6:08 PM 33,037 Views 0 Comments

She had become separated from her mother while out walking in Dublin.

Monday 16 November, 2015

Woman who broke DART passenger's eye-socket spared jail at victim's request
# Forgiving Nature
# Forgiving Nature

Woman who broke DART passenger's eye-socket spared jail at victim's request

Nov 16th 2015, 5:15 PM 35,899 Views 48 Comments

Leanne Goode was convicted of assaulting Paula McCarthy by punching her in the face – but her victim appealed for leniency.

Former fireman sentenced to seven years over sexual relationship with young teen
# Courts
# Courts

Former fireman sentenced to seven years over sexual relationship with young teen

Nov 16th 2015, 4:29 PM 29,369 Views 47 Comments

She was under 17 years of age at the time.

Friday 13 November, 2015

Man jailed for having sex with his underage step-sister when he was a teenager
# Courts
# Courts

Man jailed for having sex with his underage step-sister when he was a teenager

Nov 13th 2015, 4:59 PM 39,013 Views 28 Comments

Russell Ward (23) has been jailed for 18 months for carrying on the relationship which began when he was 16 and his step-sister was 12.

Tuesday 10 November, 2015

Man attacked 73-year-old parking warden with bolt cutters after getting two tickets in one day
# Courts
# Courts

Man attacked 73-year-old parking warden with bolt cutters after getting two tickets in one day

Nov 10th 2015, 10:00 PM 18,091 Views 20 Comments

“The redness descended on him”, his lawyer told the court today.

Tuesday 27 October, 2015

Limerick man jailed for six years after sexually abusing young nephew
# Child Sex Abuse
# Child Sex Abuse

Limerick man jailed for six years after sexually abusing young nephew

Oct 27th 2015, 10:00 PM 21,150 Views 24 Comments

His now 32-year-old victim said the abuse has torn his family apart.

Wednesday 21 October, 2015

Dublin man convicted of using fake social media profile to convince young girl to have sex
# Guilty
# Guilty

Dublin man convicted of using fake social media profile to convince young girl to have sex

Oct 21st 2015, 8:22 PM 16,555 Views 0 Comments

The 26-year-old set up a profile as a 13-year-old girl called “Julie” and later introduced himself as Julie’s brother.

Monday 19 October, 2015

Man jailed for using Facebook to try to get sisters (12 and 14) to have sex with him
# Court
# Court

Man jailed for using Facebook to try to get sisters (12 and 14) to have sex with him

Oct 19th 2015, 7:10 PM 22,583 Views 29 Comments

He tried to get one of the girls to bring her sister so he could ‘train’ her

Thursday 15 October, 2015

Man caught cycling with stolen phone box under his jacket is jailed for three years
# Dublin
# Dublin

Man caught cycling with stolen phone box under his jacket is jailed for three years

Oct 15th 2015, 9:27 PM 23,151 Views 53 Comments

Judge Martin Nolan said Austin Byrne (38) was either a “very incompetent or very unlucky” burglar.

Friday 7 August, 2015

Man jailed after raping girl (14) in a field as she was walking to a friend's house
# Westmeath
# Westmeath

Man jailed after raping girl (14) in a field as she was walking to a friend's house

Aug 7th 2015, 8:01 PM 31,249 Views 49 Comments

Martin Stokes (24) was jailed for ten years after a trial in which he called the girl a liar.

Friday 31 July, 2015

Anglo officials jailed for trying to hide accounts connected to Sean FitzPatrick
# Guilty
# Guilty

Anglo officials jailed for trying to hide accounts connected to Sean FitzPatrick

Jul 31st 2015, 10:43 PM 51,519 Views 30 Comments

The three were found guilty on all charges.

Thursday 30 July, 2015

Anglo verdict was delayed over anonymous claim about jury foreman
# Trial
# Trial

Anglo verdict was delayed over anonymous claim about jury foreman

Jul 30th 2015, 2:30 PM 20,935 Views 0 Comments

The three accused had pleaded not guilty to conspiring to conceal or alter accounts.

Friday 24 July, 2015

Ex-Anglo officials hid accounts from taxman, jury told
# Closing Speeches
# Closing Speeches

Ex-Anglo officials hid accounts from taxman, jury told

Jul 24th 2015, 1:43 PM 9,084 Views 0 Comments

Closing speeches are taking place in the trial of three former Anglo officials.

Friday 17 July, 2015

Revenue official pocketed nearly €20,000 in motoring fines
# Suspended Sentence
# Suspended Sentence

Revenue official pocketed nearly €20,000 in motoring fines

Jul 17th 2015, 9:30 PM 22,259 Views 65 Comments

John Kelly’s job was to collect the fines from people who hadn’t paid vehicle registration tax.

Fake reporter threatened to put sex offender “beside Larry Murphy” in newspaper
# Extortion
# Extortion

Fake reporter threatened to put sex offender “beside Larry Murphy” in newspaper

Jul 17th 2015, 6:33 PM 16,470 Views 8 Comments

31-year-old John Murphy pretended to be a journalist to extort money from an elderly sex offender.

Thursday 9 July, 2015

No jail for 'out of his head' Dublin man who attacked shopkeeper with broken sword
# Courts
# Courts

No jail for 'out of his head' Dublin man who attacked shopkeeper with broken sword

Jul 9th 2015, 7:00 PM 13,967 Views 48 Comments

The shopkeeper confronted the man as he tried to steal sweets.

Monday 6 July, 2015

Sean Fitzpatrick told employee not to submit accounts to Revenue, Anglo Irish trial is told
# Courts
# Courts

Sean Fitzpatrick told employee not to submit accounts to Revenue, Anglo Irish trial is told

Jul 6th 2015, 7:25 PM 13,007 Views 0 Comments

Three Anglo officials are in court, accused of hiding accounts connected to Mr FitzPatrick.

Friday 19 June, 2015

Tipperary man jailed for raping young girl who believed he was her Dad
# Courts
# Courts

Tipperary man jailed for raping young girl who believed he was her Dad

Jun 19th 2015, 2:45 PM 32,870 Views 37 Comments

Michael Smith will spend at least 12 years in prison.

Tuesday 16 June, 2015

Anglo officials in court accused of hiding records linked to Sean FitzPatrick
# Avoiding DIRT
# Avoiding DIRT

Anglo officials in court accused of hiding records linked to Sean FitzPatrick

Jun 16th 2015, 7:10 AM 10,848 Views 0 Comments

The three are charged with hiding accounted linked with Seán Fitzpatrick.

Wednesday 10 June, 2015

A trial of Anglo officials ran out of jurors today
# Courts
# Courts

A trial of Anglo officials ran out of jurors today

Jun 10th 2015, 7:57 PM 8,677 Views 0 Comments

13 were objected to by counsel for the State and the defendants.

Wednesday 13 May, 2015

Fake journalist threatened to publish man's picture 'beside one of Larry Murphy'
# Courts
# Courts

Fake journalist threatened to publish man's picture 'beside one of Larry Murphy'

May 13th 2015, 10:00 PM 30,833 Views 0 Comments

The man extorted money from an elderly sex offender.

Saturday 9 May, 2015

Pensioner jailed for two years for sexually abusing his sister-in-law
# Courts
# Courts

Pensioner jailed for two years for sexually abusing his sister-in-law

May 9th 2015, 7:00 AM 17,519 Views 0 Comments

The judge said that it was the maximum term she was able to impose.

Friday 24 April, 2015

Gail O'Rorke cleared on two charges of assisting the suicide of her friend
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide

Gail O'Rorke cleared on two charges of assisting the suicide of her friend

Apr 24th 2015, 5:57 PM 14,057 Views 0 Comments

The jury were ordered to acquit her due to a lack of evidence.

Thursday 23 April, 2015

Gail O'Rorke says someone else was with her friend when she took her own life
# Assisted Suicide
# Assisted Suicide

Gail O'Rorke says someone else was with her friend when she took her own life

Apr 23rd 2015, 8:25 PM 19,154 Views 0 Comments

Gail O’Rorke has named a woman who she says was with her friend when she died.

Monday 20 April, 2015

Jury in assisted suicide case hears the last words of dead woman
# Court
# Court

Jury in assisted suicide case hears the last words of dead woman

Apr 20th 2015, 8:02 PM 35,693 Views 0 Comments

A woman who was a friend of the dead woman is the first person in the State to be charged with the offence.

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