Image: Shutterstock/Billion Photos Image: Shutterstock/Billion Photos A 48-YEAR-OLD MAN has received a four-year suspended sentence for repeatedly and regularly sexually abusing his neighbour in a string of assaults that began when he was 15 and the child was 4, and continued for four years.
“My mother was having tea with his mother in the kitchen of his house while he was in the sitting room sexually abusing me,” she told the court. “I am satisfied that he was cunning enough to know what he was doing was wrong and therefore should not come to the notice of his mother or other members so his family.”
The process of seeking justice has not been easy, Pamela McLoughlin said in her victim impact statement. #Open journalism No news is bad news Support The Journal Your contributions will help us continue to deliver the stories that are important to you“I am the victim, Kenneth Treacy is the guilty party, yet the criminal justice system seems to place more emphasis on his wellbeing and rights than mine.”She said that she was disappointed with the sentence but had been expecting it. “I waived my anonymity because I felt it was the only way to get justice,” she told TheJournal.ie.
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