A Dublin man who sexually abused his eight year old nephew when he himself was a teenager, in a “very dysfunctional” household, has lost an appeal against his conviction.
The Central Criminal Court heard that the 36-year-old man, who was 16-years-old when the abuse began (and whose details cannot be published to protect the victim’s identity), was also having a “deeply inappropriate” sexual relationship with one of the adults in the house.
He was found guilty by a Central Criminal Court jury of eight counts of indecent assault, one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in Dublin ….read more