Kerry man has child sex abuse sentence reduced

A Kerry pensioner failed to overturn his conviction for sexual offences against young boys today but had the amount of jail time he is to serve halved.

Jerome Baily (aged 76), Ballyard, Tralee was jailed for a total of three years in January 2009 after being convicted of four charges of indecently assaulting two young boys at various locations in north Kerry and Mayo between 1975 and 1982.