Wexford man convicted of raping former partner's son

A Wexford man has been convicted of raping his then partner's seven-year-old son after sending the boy's mother out on an errand, writes Sonya McLean.

The 33-year-old man had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to one count of oral rape at his rented home in Wexford on a date between March 1, 2013 and September 30, 2013. He cannot be named to protect the identity of the now 11-year-old boy.