Man jailed for trying to rape child in mother's care

The man admitted to gardaí that his intention was to rape the child and said he probably would have done it if his mother had not walked in on him.

 A Galway man who attempted to rape a child that was in his mother's care has been jailed for three and a half years.

The 24-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of the child victim, took the then seven-year-old girl by the hand and brought her away from where she was playing with his younger sisters and to a bedroom.