Jury convicts man of raping and sexually assaulting a child in Kildare

A man has been convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a seven-year-old boy in the child’s Kildare home ten years ago.

Clive Dwyer (aged 30) of Mill Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, had pleaded not guilty to four counts of sexual assault, three counts of oral rape and one count of anal rape on dates between January 1, 1999 and 31 December 2002.