A young man charged with sexually assaulting, when aged 15, the six-year-old daughter of a neighbour has lost aHe claimed a lengthy prosecutorial delay meant he would lose the benefits of being tried as a child, including anonymity and a less severe penalty if convicted.
That was overridden by the public interest in prosecuting a particularly serious offence of sexual assault on a young child, the judge said. The anonymity he would have enjoyed as a child can continue if the trial judge so decides, Mr Justice Twomey said.
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