RTE news : Five family members jailed in child abuse case

http://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0118/1274343-abuse-trial-sentencing/

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  7. 15 years in prison? This country is a fucking joke. Lock these dirty pricks away for life and see how they fair

  8. The strength and courage of those children to talk about the abuse they suffered and trust that not all adults are horrid.

  11. The sentences seem unduly lenient to me. That boy, for example, won’t even be 18 by the time some of them are released. How is he supposed to have peace with any of them walking around?

  12. Unbelievably sad. I hope their new foster homes spoil them for the rest of their lives. My parents would do anything for me and I don’t take that for granted. Poor children. Well done to everyone involved getting them arrested.

  13. The mother said the abuse happened once or twice a week. There’s 52 weeks in a year. The eldest child is 14. Jesus Christ that’s horiffic to contemplate.

  17. When are we going to see the political will to change these disgracefully short sentences?

    Those poor children, if they ever want a hand disposing of these scumbags, I’d gladly help!

  20. Disgracefully short sentences, they should be appealed by the DPP. Every one of them should have got 40 years without parole. It’s disgusting.

  23. Hopefully the fact the children got out of there as children gives them some chance to heal and experience childhood. I’m sure the trauma and effects of their treatment will linger, but at least it sounds like they are in loving households and processing what happened to them properly.

  24. What the fuck does someone have to do in this country to never be let out again? 15 is fuck all, and how come the sentences weren’t to be served consecutively? That would have added up to a more reasonable sentence.

  26. Most of the people involved in this area still walking free, the original investigation has dozens of suspects but there wasn’t enough evidence to convict them

  27. Talk about a family of horrors. Those charged with duty of care to destroy your childhood like that. Absolutely fucked up.

  28. “The trial heard the family had been on the “radar” of Tusla since 2011 and the children were finally taken into care in 2016 on grounds of chronic neglect.”

    That’s 5 years. I’d wager it was heavily suspected if not more or less known that something of this nature was happening to those children, five years is too long.

  29. The father’s sentence is far too lenient, but the mother’s sentence is disgraceful.

    They should never be free, ever again.

  32. surely all involved should spend the rest of their lives in prison. I hate concurrent sentences in this poxy country. those “people” don’t deserve any hope of freedom.

  34. Is this the case from limerick ? I remember a few years ago there’s was a big news break about one of the most horrific cases of this nature in the state ever. It was a whole family involved and it was generational. It was very “hills have eyes” esk except real life.
    Then as quickly as the story came out it was gone again and there was no more said about it ?

    Edit: also the legal system in this country is a fucking joke and those sentences are pathetic.

  35. ‘It was described by the judge as exploitation of the “most appalling and depraved kind.” A number of shorter sentences were imposed on the parents and uncles for the lesser offences but these will be served at the same time. Mr Justice McDermott said he had considered if the sentences should be imposed consecutively but this would be disproportionate.’

    This fully sums up the problems with the Irish court system. How can the crimes be the most appalling and depraved kind, but also the sentences imposed consecutively disproportionate. It doesn’t add up.

  36. >It was described by the judge as exploitation of the “most appalling and depraved kind.”

    …Two sentences later…

    >Mr Justice McDermott said he had considered if the sentences should be imposed consecutively but this would be disproportionate.

    Fucking joke. Bring back hanging.

  37. If they were on Tulsa’s radar for 5 years and they were outwardly obviously neglected why wasn’t section 12 enacted? Those kids should have been taken out of there before they were….

  38. “The judge jailed the 57-year-old father for 15 years after he was found guilty of all 31 offences against him.

    These included raping his three older children, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, wilful neglect and child cruelty.”

    The father will be out in time for his sons 30th birthday.

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