Abuse 'ruined my childhood and so far my adult life,' says victim as older cousin gets 10 years

A man who abused his young cousin by making him perform sex acts over a six-year period has been jailed for 10 years.

Thomas Patton (aged 51) with an address at Castle Avenue, Clontarf, had pleaded not guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to 24 counts of indecent assault of his cousin at Castlefinn, Co Donegal, on dates between April 1, 1984 and January 1, 1990.