Wheelchair-bound abuser has jail tern cut on appeal

A wheelchair-dependent man, jailed for sexually abusing a teenager whose family he visited from America over several summers, has had his prison sentence cut on appeal.

The 78-year-old resident of the US, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of sexual assault, two counts of possessing child pornography, and one count of attempted buggery of a person under the age of 17 at various locations on various dates between 2000 and 2005.

He was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in jail by Judge Rory McCabe on June 14, 2016.