A retired member of the Defence Forces has been jailed for six years for the rape of a teenage girl more than 40 years ago
A retired member of the Defence Forces has been jailed for six years for the rape of a teenage girl more than 40 years ago.
The now 78-year-old raped the young girl in a bedroom of his home in Co Westmeath while she was babysitting on an unknown date in 1981.
He pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to one count of rape. He cannot be identified to protect the complainant’s right to anonymity.
She was aged around 13 or 14 at the
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