A Kilkenny man who claimed he was in a consensual
sexual relationship with his younger cousin has been sentenced to 10
years for rape and sexual assault of the then 14-year-old.
The man (48), who cannot be named to protect the
identity of the now 32-year-old victim, was convicted by a Central
Criminal Court jury last month of 15 counts of rape and oral rape and
one charge of sexual assault following a trial.
The abuse started when the victim was 14 and and living with his 30-year-old cousin in Kilkenny.
The victim told gardaí he was first raped by the man
after he came into his bedroom one night and threatened to shoot both
him and his father if he told anyone about “what was about to happen”
before raping the teenager.
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