'It has left you with a mark' judge tells teenage boy who defiled a 12-year-old girl

A High Court judge has told a teenage boy who admits defiling a 12-year-old girl that he felt angry and frustrated by the way in which the victim, who is a vulnerable child, was humiliated.

A High Court judge has told a teenage boy who admits defiling a 12 year old girl that he is angry and frustrated by the way in which the victim was humiliated.

The 17-year-old and a co-accused, now aged 20, both from Dublin, have both pleaded guilty to engaging in a sexual act with a child under the age of 15 at a place in the county on August 25, 2015.