‘You are to blame’: Woman felt at fault after being sexually assaulted by cousin as a child

Judge Sarah Berkeley said this was a 'sad and difficult case' for all concerned as it involved family members. Photograph: Matt KavanaghA Dublin man who sexually assaulted his younger cousin over a four-year period has been jailed for 5½ years.

Judge Sarah Berkeley on Thursday said this was a “sad and difficult case” for all concerned as it involved family members. She said the aggravating features of the case include the victim’s age and the duration of the offending.Bond villain’s west of Ireland retreat for €285,000Setting a headline sentence of eight years, the judge noted mitigation including that the man was a teenager at the time, his lack of previous convictions and that he has not come to recent garda attention.

When the girl was 17, a sibling entered her bedroom and found notes she had made which said the man had “molested” her while on holiday. He showed these notes to their mother, who later confronted the accused. He denied the allegations. She said she felt “dirty” and “unclean” as a child and these feelings did not go away. The victim said her relationship with her mother was affected as she could not understand why she was angry.

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