89-year-ol Sid Green of Kennedy Park, Roscrea, has been convicted of 22 counts of rape and one count of sexual assault of the child, on dates between 1993 and 1998.
The injured party who did not wish to be identified indicated to the court at a previous hearing that she has no issue with Green being named but she does not wish to be identified.
The woman reported to Gardaí that she just turned seven when the offending began and it continued until she was 12 – Green was 57 years old when it started.
The court heard defense submissions that Green, who has recently been resident in a Co. Offaly nursing home, has medical issues that would make custody difficult for him.
He has been on bail and appeared via video link from the nursing home for his sentence hearings.
Mr. Justice Patrick McGrath said these were “appalling offences” noting that Green coldly engaged in a cynical campaign of rape which he perpetrated whenever the opportunity arose – and there has been no remorse shown.
He set a headline sentence of 16 years, which he reduced to 15 years with the final five years suspended due to Green’s advanced age
