Cork man jailed for teen abuse

Tony McCarthy of Fairylawn, Coolatooder, Ballinhassig, Co Cork, was sentenced at Cork Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty earlier this year to eight counts of indecently assaulting the girl from 1969 when she was aged 12 to 1977.
Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said: “His plea is a public acknowledgement the victim is correct which is a vindication of her position to the public. I say that because certain people, not the accused, according to the victim, were blaming her and not putting the blame where it lay, with the accused.