DPP loses bid for more severe term

A man convicted of indecent assault, who has been taking "libido repressant" medicine for 25 years, will not face a more severe sentence as had been sought by prosecutors.

The man, with an address in Co Clare, had pleaded guilty to a number of counts of indecent assault which took place between 1968 and 1970 on a 12-year-old boy. He was given a four-year suspended sentence by Judge Carroll Moran at Ennis Circuit Criminal Court on May 14, 2012.

The DPP had appealed the sentence on grounds that the sentencing judge did not give enough attention to the aggravating factors and gave too much attention to the mitigating factors.