Man jailed after fathering baby with girl, 16

A judge yesterday jailed a 34-year-old man after he fathered a baby with a girl aged 16.

Judge Gerald Keys, at Ennis Circuit Court, sentenced Anthony Conway to four years in jail with the final year suspended for the defilement of the girl on dates between September and December 2013. Conway of Hector St, Kilrush, was on the sex offender’s register at the time.

Judge Keys lifted the restriction preventing Conway from being named after the court was told the victim, who was not in court, wanted him to be named.