A Co Donegal farmer who abused a young relative in a farm shed more than 40 years ago saying he thought it was "just young boys growing up" has been jailed for one and a half years.
The court was told the victim was not in court because he could not "bring himself" to be in court despite also being offered the option to appear by video link.The accused man has no previous convictions. A friend then spoke to him and told him how much his children needed him and he agreed to go to counselling.
Mr McHugh added that the accused was "not a man of many words" and that he had completely withdrawn socially since the allegations were made. Passing sentence Judge Aylmer revisited the evidence given in court and noted that in this jurisdiction sentences are reduced by between one third and a half when the offences are committed by people between the ages of 15 and 17.
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