Sex abuse of child led to suicide 18 years on

A JUDGE yesterday ruled that sexual abuse perpetrated on an eight-year-old girl by a neighbour was the cause of her suicide 18 years later.

Jane Roberts, aged 26, of Coolcashin, Gathabawn, Co Kilkenny, took her own life on October 23, 2000.

She had suffered a psychiatric illness and had received treatment in a number of hospitals during the previous 18 months.