Man who knew 15-year-old girl was below age of consent avoids jail for sexual defilement

A man has avoided jail for sexual defilement of a 15-year-old girl he knew from being in residential care with her.

The girl was still in residential care at the time and was in the city with two care workers. She left them without permission and “they lost her”, Elva Duffy BL told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.