Uncle spared jail for sexual assault
Damien Farrell, aged 40, of Lymewood Mews, Santry, Dublin, who has relocated to Sligo, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault at a location in Dublin between April 1, 1992, and September 1, 1992, when his niece was eight years old.
His victim Amy Forde, 32, waived her right to anonymity and delivered a victim impact statement at Farrell’s sentencing hearing at the Central Criminal Court. In it, she described how her family was torn apart as a result of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother’s then 16-year-old brother.
