Sentence cut for paedophile ‘belittles us as victims’

Five of the 11 victims of paedophile principal Patrick Barry yesterday hit out at the “wrong and unjust” court decision to reduce his six-year jail term to two years.

At the Court of Criminal Appeal last Friday, the 81-year-old from Well Rd, Kilkee, Co Clare, had his 11-year sentence, with five of those suspended, reduced to a five-year term with three years suspended.

He is likely to be released from prison next spring.