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Offaly Man Sentenced for Child Abuse | Cork News
An Offaly man has been sentenced to eleven years for sexually abusing his neighbor’s eight-year-old granddaughter over a year in 2019-2020. The child bravely came forward, leading to his conviction on multiple counts of oral rape. The court heard harrowing victim impact statements as the girl’s parents pleaded for her future to be free of fear. Though the defense cited his intellectual disability from a childhood brain injury, the judge ruled it didn’t excuse his actions—he understood the moral wrongness and even expressed disgust. Still, she acknowledged mitigating factors like no prior…
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