Wexford man given nine-year sentence for abuse

A Wexford man who raped and sexually abused a young boy over a period of four years has been given a nine-year sentence by Mr Justice Roderick Murphy at the Central Criminal Court.

The 62-year-old man was convicted by a jury on January 29 last on 24 charges of anal and oral rape and sexual assault of now teenage boy on dates from April 1996 to June 2000.