Six years jail for six years of abusing schoolboy cannot be said to be too severe, Court of Appeal holds

A six-year jail term for sexual abuse of a primary school pupil over approximately six years cannot be said to be too severe, according to the Court of Appeal.

The 45-year-old man at the centre of the case, whose details cannot be published to protect the victim’s identity, pleaded guilty to sexual assault, indecent assault and one count of orally raping his nephew at two locations in Limerick between 1989 and 1996.