Garda jailed for having sex with teen boy in care

A member of An Garda Síochána who made contact with a 16-year-old boy in HSE care through a gay dating website and arranged for two sexual encounters in the carpark of a graveyard was jailed yesterday.

Sat, 09 Nov, 2013 - 00:00

Damien Jermyn, 30, of 4 Main St, Bantry, Co Cork, was first suspended and he then resigned as a member of An Garda Síochána.

Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a two-year jail sentence with the second year suspended at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday.

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Courts Place: 4 Main St, Bantry, Co Cork Person: Damien Jermyn Person: Seán Ó Donnabháin Person: Jermyn Person: Kerry Dude Person: Boy Person: Tom Creed Person: Creed Person: Nick Harding Organisation: Garda Organisation: An Garda Siochana Organisation: Cork Circuit Criminal Court Organisation: Gaydar Organisation: HSE Organisation: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Organisation: WKD

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