Six-month suspended sentence for ‘Romeo’

A man at the centre of the so-called Romeo and Juliet court case has been sentenced to six months in prison but has had his sentence suspended.

The 21-year-old from Co Donegal, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to defilement of a child when he appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court yesterday.

The man admitted the charge, which took place at a vacant house in 2006.