25-year-old jailed after sex with girl, 13

A man who had sex with a 13-year-old girl he met on a social network site, after he claimed to be 19, has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail.

Graham Doyle, aged 25, befriended the teenager through Bebo and had sex with her a number of times at his family home.

He later admitted to gardaí that he knew the girl’s age but claimed she had consented.