Teenager who defiled girl (14) given suspended sentence
A “particularly vulnerable” teenager who defiled a 14-year-old girl in wasteland beside a Dublin shopping centre has been given a 12-month suspended sentence.
The now 19-year-old Dublin man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had just turned 15 when he had “sexual intercourse with the girl without her consent”, the Central Criminal Court heard.
He pleaded guilty to one count of defilement of the girl at wasteland beside the Dublin shopping centre on March 17th, 2022.
He was originally facing a more serious charge, but the defilement plea was accepted by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the court heard.
Sentencing the man on Friday, Judge Patrick McGrath said this was a case where “the court has to and should suspend the 12-month sentence that it would otherwise have imposed”.
He cited a number of factors, including the fact that the defendant was “a young man who is particularly vulnerable”, and who suffers from autism, ADHD and OCD.
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