John McClean, already serving a lengthy prison term for the abuse of dozens of boys, has been found guilty once more—this time for sexually abusing four additional teenagers. Despite the new convictions, the 80-year-old will not serve any extra time behind bars due to a prior ruling that capped his sentence. McClean, once a respected teacher and rugby coach at …
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A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for a violent and prolonged attack on his wife, which included rape, sexual assault, false imprisonment, and threats to kill. The assault took place at their home in Dublin in September 2023. The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was …
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A federal appeals court has upheld a $5 million (€4.8 million) verdict awarded to E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump. This decision was made by a three-judge panel from the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan. The May 2023 verdict relates to an incident from around 1996, where Carroll claimed Trump sexually abused her in a Bergdorf Goodman …
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A 39-year-old man from Co Offaly has been sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison for coercively controlling, raping, assaulting, and falsely imprisoning his former partner. Barry Murphy, residing at Shamrock House, Grogan, Ballycumber, was found guilty by a jury on multiple charges including three counts of raping his partner, Lisa O’Meara. The jury also convicted him of coercive control, assault, …
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