Man who had been accused of underage sex withdraws guilty plea

A Romanian man who admitted having sex with a 14-year-old Irish girl has been allowed withdraw his guilty plea at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court as a result of this week’s Supreme Court judgement.

Valintan Stan (aged 26) of St Theresa’s Garden, Rialto, Dublin, had been due for sentence for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl aged under 15 years in a flat in north Dublin on April 17, 2003.