Judge: 'Would be unfair' to impose jail term on man who defiled girl, 15 during sleepover

A Co Clare man who defiled a 15-year-old girl while the girl was on a sleepover in a tent in the back garden of a friend's house today walked free from court.

This follows Judge Gerald Keys applying the Probation Act to the man, aged 18 at the time of the two defilement offences in 2016, and opting not to impose any sentence.