Sex offender withdraws statutory rape challenge

Lawyers for a convicted sex offender today withdrew a High Court application to try to secure his release after the striking out of statutory rape legislation.

Lawyers for a convicted sex offender today withdrew a High Court application to try to secure his release after the striking out of statutory rape legislation.

Joseph Sherwood, from Grange, Edenderry, Co Offaly, was jailed in February after admitting the statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl in September 2004.

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