GALWAY MAN GETS THREE YEARS FOR INCEST

Date Published: 22-May-2009

A 42 year old Galway man has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexually abusing his two younger sisters and a niece over a five-year period.The man, who may not be named in order to protect the identity of his victims, pleaded guilty before Galway Circuit Criminal Court earlier this year to nine sample counts of the indecent and sexual assault of the girls.The three girls were aged between seven and nine years of age at the time the abuse began, on various dates between 1987 and 1992 at a County Galway location.The facts in 32 other sample charges were admitted by the accused and sentencing was deferred to today.