Dad is identified as STEPHEN GALLAGHER.
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2015-10-02/father-admits-involvement-in-the-death-of-his-three-month-old-daughter/
2 October 2015 at 4:04pm
Father admits involvement in the death of his three-month-old daughter
A County Durham father has admitted involvement in the death of his three-month-old baby girl.
Skylar Cowan Gallagher was found unconscious with no heartbeat when paramedics were called to a house in June.
She was taken to the University hospital of North Tees but could not be saved.
Her father Stephen Gallagher, of Hepscott Avenue, Blackhall Colliery, was initially charged with her manslaughter.
During a hearing at Newcastle Crown Court the 35-year-old admitted a charge of causing or allowing the death of a child, which was accepted by the prosecution.
Gallagher will be sentenced in November and was given conditional bail in the meantime.
Judge Paul Sloan QC warned him: "You must understand, the fact I am adjourning sentence and the fact I am directing the preparation of a pre-sentence report is no indication of sentence.
"Sentence will be a matter for the judge who hears the case in November."
No details of Gallagher's basis of plea were outlined during the short hearing.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Separated moms worry about ongoing contact between children and abusive fathers (Ireland)
Which side are you on?
It's very nice to acknowledge that abusive men should be held accountable and that we should consider the children's best interests.
But notice that this position is seriously undermined by the study's emphasis on "promoting contact" between abusive fathers and children, and helping these assorted wife beaters and child molesters "realise their "fathering aspirations."
So when there's a conflict between these two positions, who loses out? I'm betting it's Mum and the kids.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0721/716128-abuse/
Separated mothers worried about ongoing contact between children and fathers
Tuesday 21 July 2015 16.06
Mothers who took part in the survey said they worried about the children's continuing exposure to verbal abuse More than two-thirds of separated mothers who had suffered domestic abuse said they worried about ongoing contact between their children and the absent father when interviewed for a study by a Trinity College Dublin academic.
They said they worried about the children's continuing exposure to the verbal abuse and denigration of the mother when contact was being arranged and at hand-over points and during contact.
The study's author, Dr Stephanie Holt, said it is critical to find ways to ensure that abusive men acknowledge and address the continued presence of domestic abuse and that they are held accountable for it.
The findings prompt Dr Holt to question whether contact with fathers should automatically be considered to be in such children's best interests.
She says the challenge is to promote contact in a way which delivers benefits to children while not jeopardising their safety or well-being.
The research also highlights a lack of support services for abusive men struggling to realise their fathering aspirations.
The research involved 219 mothers completing questionnaires about their 449 children and face-to-face interviews with 61 children, separated mothers and fathers and legal, health and social care professionals.
It's very nice to acknowledge that abusive men should be held accountable and that we should consider the children's best interests.
But notice that this position is seriously undermined by the study's emphasis on "promoting contact" between abusive fathers and children, and helping these assorted wife beaters and child molesters "realise their "fathering aspirations."
So when there's a conflict between these two positions, who loses out? I'm betting it's Mum and the kids.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0721/716128-abuse/
Separated mothers worried about ongoing contact between children and fathers
Tuesday 21 July 2015 16.06
Mothers who took part in the survey said they worried about the children's continuing exposure to verbal abuse More than two-thirds of separated mothers who had suffered domestic abuse said they worried about ongoing contact between their children and the absent father when interviewed for a study by a Trinity College Dublin academic.
They said they worried about the children's continuing exposure to the verbal abuse and denigration of the mother when contact was being arranged and at hand-over points and during contact.
The study's author, Dr Stephanie Holt, said it is critical to find ways to ensure that abusive men acknowledge and address the continued presence of domestic abuse and that they are held accountable for it.
The findings prompt Dr Holt to question whether contact with fathers should automatically be considered to be in such children's best interests.
She says the challenge is to promote contact in a way which delivers benefits to children while not jeopardising their safety or well-being.
The research also highlights a lack of support services for abusive men struggling to realise their fathering aspirations.
The research involved 219 mothers completing questionnaires about their 449 children and face-to-face interviews with 61 children, separated mothers and fathers and legal, health and social care professionals.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Dad to be sentenced for rape and abuse of daughter (County Laois, Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.sundayworld.com/news/courts/laois-father-of-seven-to-be-sentenced-for-rape-and-abuse-of-daughter
Laois father of seven to be sentenced for rape and abuse of daughter
The man plead guilty to two counts of rape and two of indecent assault
A Laois father of seven will be sentenced later this month for the continued sexual abuse and rape of his young daughter over 30 years ago.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his now 43-year-old victim, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault on dates between July 1981 and July 1987 when his daughter was aged between nine and 15 years old. He has no previous convictions.
The woman who has since moved to County Carlow first made a complaint to gardaí in May 2013.
She and her mother, who had by that time divorced the man, had months earlier confronted him about the abuse. He didn't deny it but was hostile in his response to the women.
The man was later arrested in June 2014 and admitted to sexually abusing and raping his daughter. He described “making love” to his eldest daughter when she was too young to consent to it.
He claimed that she never resisted him and denied ever having forced himself on her.
Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan remanded the man in continuing custody and adjourned sentencing until July 13 next. The man had been registered a sex offender when he pleaded guilty earlier this month.
The woman stated in a victim impact report, which was read into court that she contemplated suicide at 11 or 12 years of age. She said she had hoped that this would lead her mother to question what had been wrong with her and her father would have to confess.
She recalled sitting on the landing one day and seriously considering throwing herself off it.
“I hated being a girl. I used to wish I was a boy. His 'special girl' came at such a price,” the woman stated before she said that the abuse turned her into a “pathetic wimp” who had been “tainted by this awful secret”.
She said her father had robbed her of her childhood, her teenage years and much of her adult life that she would never get back.
The woman said that her father was violent and hard to live with. “He was only affectionate to me when he made me do special things,” she said before she added that she hated him.
She described being left at home by her mother to complete household chores and said her father would take those opportunities to sexually abuse and rape her.
She said she felt she would get into trouble if she told anyone and said her father would “shake his fist at me” and threaten to kill her any time she suggested she would disclose the abuse to someone.
She described being in abusive relationships as an adult directly as a result of her father's actions.
“I was tormented, living on my nerves even now. Your parents are supposed to protect you, not do something like this to you,” the woman continued.
“I am not sure I will ever get over it. I certainly will never forget it. I feel like I am not worthy of love or being loved,” she said before she added that her father had never apologised for what he did.
John Peart SC, defending told Ms Justice Heneghan that he had clear instructions from his client that he is ashamed of his behaviour and apologises “from the bottom of his heart for what he did to his daughter”.
http://www.sundayworld.com/news/courts/laois-father-of-seven-to-be-sentenced-for-rape-and-abuse-of-daughter
Laois father of seven to be sentenced for rape and abuse of daughter
The man plead guilty to two counts of rape and two of indecent assault
A Laois father of seven will be sentenced later this month for the continued sexual abuse and rape of his young daughter over 30 years ago.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his now 43-year-old victim, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to two counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault on dates between July 1981 and July 1987 when his daughter was aged between nine and 15 years old. He has no previous convictions.
The woman who has since moved to County Carlow first made a complaint to gardaí in May 2013.
She and her mother, who had by that time divorced the man, had months earlier confronted him about the abuse. He didn't deny it but was hostile in his response to the women.
The man was later arrested in June 2014 and admitted to sexually abusing and raping his daughter. He described “making love” to his eldest daughter when she was too young to consent to it.
He claimed that she never resisted him and denied ever having forced himself on her.
Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan remanded the man in continuing custody and adjourned sentencing until July 13 next. The man had been registered a sex offender when he pleaded guilty earlier this month.
The woman stated in a victim impact report, which was read into court that she contemplated suicide at 11 or 12 years of age. She said she had hoped that this would lead her mother to question what had been wrong with her and her father would have to confess.
She recalled sitting on the landing one day and seriously considering throwing herself off it.
“I hated being a girl. I used to wish I was a boy. His 'special girl' came at such a price,” the woman stated before she said that the abuse turned her into a “pathetic wimp” who had been “tainted by this awful secret”.
She said her father had robbed her of her childhood, her teenage years and much of her adult life that she would never get back.
The woman said that her father was violent and hard to live with. “He was only affectionate to me when he made me do special things,” she said before she added that she hated him.
She described being left at home by her mother to complete household chores and said her father would take those opportunities to sexually abuse and rape her.
She said she felt she would get into trouble if she told anyone and said her father would “shake his fist at me” and threaten to kill her any time she suggested she would disclose the abuse to someone.
She described being in abusive relationships as an adult directly as a result of her father's actions.
“I was tormented, living on my nerves even now. Your parents are supposed to protect you, not do something like this to you,” the woman continued.
“I am not sure I will ever get over it. I certainly will never forget it. I feel like I am not worthy of love or being loved,” she said before she added that her father had never apologised for what he did.
John Peart SC, defending told Ms Justice Heneghan that he had clear instructions from his client that he is ashamed of his behaviour and apologises “from the bottom of his heart for what he did to his daughter”.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Dad terrorizes, rapes, beats three daughters over 18 years, gets 17 years in prison (Dublin, Ireland)
So UNNAMED DAD basically gets a shorter sentence than his family did...Sickening.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/father-jailed-for-repeated-abuse-and-rape-of-four-daughters-1.2216653
Father jailed for repeated abuse and rape of four daughters
Given 17-year sentence for charges of sexual abuse and threatening to kill
A Tipperary man who sexually abused and raped his three daughters in their Dublin family home over an 18-year period has been jailed for 17 years
Mon, May 18, 2015, 13:26 First published: Mon, May 18, 2015, 13:26
A Tipperary man who sexually abused and raped his three daughters in their Dublin family home over an 18-year period has been jailed for 17 years.
The 50-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victims pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 44 charges of sexually abusing his daughters, 37 counts of raping his eldest daughter, one charge each of anal rape of this girl and oral rape of her younger sister, and one charge of issuing a threat to kill his youngest daughters on dates between October 1994 and July 2012.
He was found guilty on 75 charges following a trial last March. The judge directed the jury to deliver a verdict of not guilty on three charges.
Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan declared the man a sex offender and praised the victims as “persons of very great courage and determination”.
She described the man’s offences as “an exploitation of weak and defenceless children” and said his behaviour was “abhorrent and evil” in this “campaign of rape and sexual abuse” in which he “abused his power in the house”.
The judge said the man showed no remorse, that the crime was planned and pre-meditated and said it was difficult to “discount the sentence in any meaningful way”.
She noted that defence said the man’s wife still stands by him. She said the offences were frequently accompanied by violence or threats of violence and described them as “vile acts” which had been carried out within the confines of the family home.
Ms Justice Heneghan said this was a place where these innocent children should have had security, care and love. She described the first victim as being “defenceless and without support” and added that the abuse continued for eight long years.
She noted that the other two daughters were eventually taken into care.
Ms Justice Heneghan said the man had “preyed upon each of these innocent girls for his own satisfaction”. She said he had shattered their lives when they were vulnerable, controlled them, deprived them of a normal family life, inflicted pain, robbed them of their innocence, deprived them of their education, and turned their family against them.
Ms Justice Heneghan quoted the eldest daughter’s victim impact statement which said “the extent of the damage caused was immeasurable”. She said the fact that the man had fought the case to conviction, added indignity to each of the victims.
The judge also remarked that the jury believed each of the women. During the trial the eldest of the sisters told the jury she was first sexually abused by the man when she was nine years old before he started to rape her when she was 11 years old. She said she was anally raped once as a 14-year-old when she came home during her lunch break from school.
She said the abuse came to an end after she managed to escape to England with her boyfriend as a 17-year-old. She had earlier that day enlisted the help of her younger sisters to help her commit suicide but after contacting her boyfriend by text to say goodbye he convinced her to meet up and refused to allow her to return to the house. She never returned to Ireland.
The woman explained that the family lived in fear of the father’s violence and explained that this violence would be directed at the whole family including her mother. She said he beat them all “quite severely and regularly” using his steel cap work boots and his fists. She described him as a very controlling man.
The second daughter, now 27 years old, was sexually abused from the age of 10 until just before her 14th birthday. She claimed her father once forced her to perform oral sex on him.
The third daughter, now 24 years old, was sexually assaulted from the age of 11 to 13 years old. She said on one occasion her father threatened to kill her two younger sisters.
Victim impact statements from the three sisters were read out in court by Tara Burns SC, prosecuting. The eldest of the three sisters, now 29, said that she had been a normal child living in England until her father was released from prison there, when the family returned to Ireland and the abuse began. She said that her mother, who gave evidence in support of her husband, “used to be a nice person but seems to be insane now”.
Her next youngest sister described having “nightmares about our father abusing me and my sisters” and that the family had difficulty in relating to each other now as they each “tried to deal with what went on in our own ways.”
The other daughter said that she had substance abuse problems since she was a teenager as a result of the abuse. She said that she hoped her father would get the help he needs.
The man has 57 previous convictions, mainly for road traffic offences. He has no previous convictions for sex crimes.
Dominic McGinn SC, defending, submitted that there was no evidence to suggest that his client continued this behaviour in recent years and asked the court to accept that the offending was limited to a relatively small portion of his adult life. He said his wife still stands by him.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/father-jailed-for-repeated-abuse-and-rape-of-four-daughters-1.2216653
Father jailed for repeated abuse and rape of four daughters
Given 17-year sentence for charges of sexual abuse and threatening to kill
A Tipperary man who sexually abused and raped his three daughters in their Dublin family home over an 18-year period has been jailed for 17 years
Mon, May 18, 2015, 13:26 First published: Mon, May 18, 2015, 13:26
A Tipperary man who sexually abused and raped his three daughters in their Dublin family home over an 18-year period has been jailed for 17 years.
The 50-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victims pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 44 charges of sexually abusing his daughters, 37 counts of raping his eldest daughter, one charge each of anal rape of this girl and oral rape of her younger sister, and one charge of issuing a threat to kill his youngest daughters on dates between October 1994 and July 2012.
He was found guilty on 75 charges following a trial last March. The judge directed the jury to deliver a verdict of not guilty on three charges.
Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan declared the man a sex offender and praised the victims as “persons of very great courage and determination”.
She described the man’s offences as “an exploitation of weak and defenceless children” and said his behaviour was “abhorrent and evil” in this “campaign of rape and sexual abuse” in which he “abused his power in the house”.
The judge said the man showed no remorse, that the crime was planned and pre-meditated and said it was difficult to “discount the sentence in any meaningful way”.
She noted that defence said the man’s wife still stands by him. She said the offences were frequently accompanied by violence or threats of violence and described them as “vile acts” which had been carried out within the confines of the family home.
Ms Justice Heneghan said this was a place where these innocent children should have had security, care and love. She described the first victim as being “defenceless and without support” and added that the abuse continued for eight long years.
She noted that the other two daughters were eventually taken into care.
Ms Justice Heneghan said the man had “preyed upon each of these innocent girls for his own satisfaction”. She said he had shattered their lives when they were vulnerable, controlled them, deprived them of a normal family life, inflicted pain, robbed them of their innocence, deprived them of their education, and turned their family against them.
Ms Justice Heneghan quoted the eldest daughter’s victim impact statement which said “the extent of the damage caused was immeasurable”. She said the fact that the man had fought the case to conviction, added indignity to each of the victims.
The judge also remarked that the jury believed each of the women. During the trial the eldest of the sisters told the jury she was first sexually abused by the man when she was nine years old before he started to rape her when she was 11 years old. She said she was anally raped once as a 14-year-old when she came home during her lunch break from school.
She said the abuse came to an end after she managed to escape to England with her boyfriend as a 17-year-old. She had earlier that day enlisted the help of her younger sisters to help her commit suicide but after contacting her boyfriend by text to say goodbye he convinced her to meet up and refused to allow her to return to the house. She never returned to Ireland.
The woman explained that the family lived in fear of the father’s violence and explained that this violence would be directed at the whole family including her mother. She said he beat them all “quite severely and regularly” using his steel cap work boots and his fists. She described him as a very controlling man.
The second daughter, now 27 years old, was sexually abused from the age of 10 until just before her 14th birthday. She claimed her father once forced her to perform oral sex on him.
The third daughter, now 24 years old, was sexually assaulted from the age of 11 to 13 years old. She said on one occasion her father threatened to kill her two younger sisters.
Victim impact statements from the three sisters were read out in court by Tara Burns SC, prosecuting. The eldest of the three sisters, now 29, said that she had been a normal child living in England until her father was released from prison there, when the family returned to Ireland and the abuse began. She said that her mother, who gave evidence in support of her husband, “used to be a nice person but seems to be insane now”.
Her next youngest sister described having “nightmares about our father abusing me and my sisters” and that the family had difficulty in relating to each other now as they each “tried to deal with what went on in our own ways.”
The other daughter said that she had substance abuse problems since she was a teenager as a result of the abuse. She said that she hoped her father would get the help he needs.
The man has 57 previous convictions, mainly for road traffic offences. He has no previous convictions for sex crimes.
Dominic McGinn SC, defending, submitted that there was no evidence to suggest that his client continued this behaviour in recent years and asked the court to accept that the offending was limited to a relatively small portion of his adult life. He said his wife still stands by him.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Dad offers to sexually abuse daughter on-line (Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/father-offered-to-broadcast-abuse-of-daughter-online-1.2160607
Father offered to broadcast abuse of daughter online
Child Care Law Reporting Project publishes 30 new childcare cases
The cases reported by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today include stories of minors who were unable to find suitable treatment in Ireland when seeking to return home from facilities in other jurisdictions.
The cases reported by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today include stories of minors who were unable to find suitable treatment in Ireland when seeking to return home from facilities in other jurisdictions.
Ciarán D'Arcy Wed, Apr 1, 2015, 01:00
First published: Wed, Apr 1, 2015, 01:00
Care orders were issued earlier this year for infants who were offered for online sexual abuse and exposed to an environment where hard drugs were present, according to a new report.
The Child Care Law Reporting Project today published 30 new childcare cases, including stories of minors who were unable to find suitable treatment in Ireland when seeking to return home from facilities in other jurisdictions.
In a recent District Court ruling, a young child was ordered to be placed in care until the age of 18 after her father offered to sexually abuse her online.
The man said he would broadcast the abuse via a webcam when contacted by another user of an internet chatroom who turned out to be an undercover police officer from a different country.
The child’s mother had been groomed by his father from the age of 13 or 14 before eventually giving birth to the child at the age of 18, according to a submission by the Child and Family Agency.
Sexually exploited
She denied involvement in any abuse but admitted to being aware of child pornography images held on her husband’s computer and said it was possible that he had sexually exploited their daughter in the past.
The man was arrested by gardaí but has since left the jurisdiction. Another District Court sitting heard details of a young child who was taken away from his parents after gardaí discovered him in a car where heroin, needles and other drug-taking paraphernalia were present.
The child’s parents were homeless drug addicts who had admitted to taking drugs earlier that day and were preparing to do so again, gardaí said.
The child was discovered in the back seat of the car beside an unrelated adult male on a near-freezing night.
The toddler was subsequently taken to a hospital by a garda, who noticed a cut across his throat which the child said was a knife wound inflicted by his father.
Evidence suggested that his mother would usually sneak them into her brother’s hostel, but didn’t return on the night in question after he hit her over the head with a hatchet.
An interim care order for the child was granted.
“Some of the cases we publish . . . are very shocking and highlight the importance of the vigilance of international police forces’ specialist units monitoring such activity,” said project director Dr Carol Coulter. “However, most of the cases we report show, again, how most parents whose children come to the attention of social services are themselves vulnerable, may be suffering from cognitive or other disabilities, may have no experience of normal family life and have been in care themselves.”
The latest tranche of cases reveal how a child who was receiving psychiatric care abroad felt his human rights were being infringed as he could not return home due to a lack of suitable services.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/father-offered-to-broadcast-abuse-of-daughter-online-1.2160607
Father offered to broadcast abuse of daughter online
Child Care Law Reporting Project publishes 30 new childcare cases
The cases reported by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today include stories of minors who were unable to find suitable treatment in Ireland when seeking to return home from facilities in other jurisdictions.
The cases reported by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today include stories of minors who were unable to find suitable treatment in Ireland when seeking to return home from facilities in other jurisdictions.
Ciarán D'Arcy Wed, Apr 1, 2015, 01:00
First published: Wed, Apr 1, 2015, 01:00
Care orders were issued earlier this year for infants who were offered for online sexual abuse and exposed to an environment where hard drugs were present, according to a new report.
The Child Care Law Reporting Project today published 30 new childcare cases, including stories of minors who were unable to find suitable treatment in Ireland when seeking to return home from facilities in other jurisdictions.
In a recent District Court ruling, a young child was ordered to be placed in care until the age of 18 after her father offered to sexually abuse her online.
The man said he would broadcast the abuse via a webcam when contacted by another user of an internet chatroom who turned out to be an undercover police officer from a different country.
The child’s mother had been groomed by his father from the age of 13 or 14 before eventually giving birth to the child at the age of 18, according to a submission by the Child and Family Agency.
Sexually exploited
She denied involvement in any abuse but admitted to being aware of child pornography images held on her husband’s computer and said it was possible that he had sexually exploited their daughter in the past.
The man was arrested by gardaí but has since left the jurisdiction. Another District Court sitting heard details of a young child who was taken away from his parents after gardaí discovered him in a car where heroin, needles and other drug-taking paraphernalia were present.
The child’s parents were homeless drug addicts who had admitted to taking drugs earlier that day and were preparing to do so again, gardaí said.
The child was discovered in the back seat of the car beside an unrelated adult male on a near-freezing night.
The toddler was subsequently taken to a hospital by a garda, who noticed a cut across his throat which the child said was a knife wound inflicted by his father.
Evidence suggested that his mother would usually sneak them into her brother’s hostel, but didn’t return on the night in question after he hit her over the head with a hatchet.
An interim care order for the child was granted.
“Some of the cases we publish . . . are very shocking and highlight the importance of the vigilance of international police forces’ specialist units monitoring such activity,” said project director Dr Carol Coulter. “However, most of the cases we report show, again, how most parents whose children come to the attention of social services are themselves vulnerable, may be suffering from cognitive or other disabilities, may have no experience of normal family life and have been in care themselves.”
The latest tranche of cases reveal how a child who was receiving psychiatric care abroad felt his human rights were being infringed as he could not return home due to a lack of suitable services.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Dad gets 4 1/2 years for raping two daughters (County Clare, Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD gets a slap on the wrist for virtually destroying the lives of his daughters, now women. No mention of a mother in the home. Was there one?
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/clare-man-jailed-for-indecently-assaulting-his-two-daughters-1.2068689
Clare man jailed for indecently assaulting his two daughters
Man (80) sentenced to four and a half years for abuse in early 1970s
The man was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 15:54 First published: Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 15:30
An 80-year-old man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for indecently assaulting his two daughters in Co Clare during the early 1970s.
The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the anonymity of his victims, was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court last month.
He had pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of indecently assaulting his daughter in a house and later a caravan in Co Clare on unknown dates between January 1971 and December 1973. She was aged between 11 and 13 at the time.
The man had also denied indecently assaulting another daughter twice in 1980 at a caravan in Co Clare, when she was aged 11 or 12.
During his trial, he made admissions to one of these offences. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said he was effectively treating that admission as a plea of guilty.
The man was found not guilty of the second count in relation to his younger daughter.
Mr Justice McCarthy said the man’s abuse of his older daughter was at the most serious end of the scale of offending and involved the fundamental breach of trust of a particularly vulnerable child.
He said the abuse included incidents of “squalidity”.
The judge said the man’s age was the only mitigating factor, but that it was not significant as he seemed a healthy man.
The sentence was backdated to June 15th, 2014.
Mr Justice McCarthy also ordered the man be registered as a sex offender.
Det Gda Donal Corkery told Conor Devally SC, prosecuting, that the man’s daughter was nearly 11 when he started abusing her. He told her it was a loving relationship and that he wanted to have a child by her.
During the trial, the woman said her father told her he could not fight his feelings for her and that she would “learn to like it”.
The woman read out a victim impact statement to the court in which she said she had suffered from panic attacks, anxiety, nightmares and constant fear from an early age because of her father’s abuse. She said she has struggled to cope with what happened, and also with the fact that people might think she was a willing participant.
The woman said she found it very difficult to give evidence during the trial and felt she was reliving the abuse all over again. “I still live in fear of this man,” she said of her father.
Mr Justice McCarthy said the man’s other daughter was also the victim of a “grave breach of trust” and that the offence against her was at the middle range on the scale of seriousness. He said the accused had taken her to a caravan over a number of weeks, spoken to her of sexual matters and indecently assaulted her.
A victim impact statement was also read out on behalf of the second victim. She said she has suffered from anxiety attacks depression for years and has huge trust issues with men, including her husband. The woman said she never wants to leave home and feels a “dark cloud” hanging over her.
The man has no previous convictions.
Michael Bowman SC, defending, said the man did his best to provide for his children in terms of maintenance.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/clare-man-jailed-for-indecently-assaulting-his-two-daughters-1.2068689
Clare man jailed for indecently assaulting his two daughters
Man (80) sentenced to four and a half years for abuse in early 1970s
The man was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court.
Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 15:54 First published: Fri, Jan 16, 2015, 15:30
An 80-year-old man has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for indecently assaulting his two daughters in Co Clare during the early 1970s.
The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the anonymity of his victims, was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault after a week-long trial at the Central Criminal Court last month.
He had pleaded not guilty to 18 counts of indecently assaulting his daughter in a house and later a caravan in Co Clare on unknown dates between January 1971 and December 1973. She was aged between 11 and 13 at the time.
The man had also denied indecently assaulting another daughter twice in 1980 at a caravan in Co Clare, when she was aged 11 or 12.
During his trial, he made admissions to one of these offences. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said he was effectively treating that admission as a plea of guilty.
The man was found not guilty of the second count in relation to his younger daughter.
Mr Justice McCarthy said the man’s abuse of his older daughter was at the most serious end of the scale of offending and involved the fundamental breach of trust of a particularly vulnerable child.
He said the abuse included incidents of “squalidity”.
The judge said the man’s age was the only mitigating factor, but that it was not significant as he seemed a healthy man.
The sentence was backdated to June 15th, 2014.
Mr Justice McCarthy also ordered the man be registered as a sex offender.
Det Gda Donal Corkery told Conor Devally SC, prosecuting, that the man’s daughter was nearly 11 when he started abusing her. He told her it was a loving relationship and that he wanted to have a child by her.
During the trial, the woman said her father told her he could not fight his feelings for her and that she would “learn to like it”.
The woman read out a victim impact statement to the court in which she said she had suffered from panic attacks, anxiety, nightmares and constant fear from an early age because of her father’s abuse. She said she has struggled to cope with what happened, and also with the fact that people might think she was a willing participant.
The woman said she found it very difficult to give evidence during the trial and felt she was reliving the abuse all over again. “I still live in fear of this man,” she said of her father.
Mr Justice McCarthy said the man’s other daughter was also the victim of a “grave breach of trust” and that the offence against her was at the middle range on the scale of seriousness. He said the accused had taken her to a caravan over a number of weeks, spoken to her of sexual matters and indecently assaulted her.
A victim impact statement was also read out on behalf of the second victim. She said she has suffered from anxiety attacks depression for years and has huge trust issues with men, including her husband. The woman said she never wants to leave home and feels a “dark cloud” hanging over her.
The man has no previous convictions.
Michael Bowman SC, defending, said the man did his best to provide for his children in terms of maintenance.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Dad admits sex attacks on young daughter during prison visitation (County Roscommon, Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD should have been locked up years ago. I have always thought it was insane for kids to be dragged into a men's prison to visit Daddy, especially when Daddy is a convicted rapist. The only reason this happens is because the fathers rights crowd had totally brainwashed too many people into thinking a father is "crucial" no matter what. And that's bull crap.
This is not really that unusual, that Daddy was able to molest these kids even under "supervision." I've heard of fathers who have done the same thing under "supervised" visitation outside of prison.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/father-admits-sex-attacks-on-young-daughters-in-prison-30654581.html
Father admits sex attacks on young daughters in prison
Brian McDonald
Published 10/10/2014 | 19:06
The children were only barely in their teens when the abuse took place at Castlerea Prison, Co Roscommon.
Their now 52-year-old father had earlier carried out acts of abuse on all three of his daughters when they were as young as four and often beat them with his leather trousers belt.
He had also put a lock on the fridge to deny them food, Tullamore Circuit Court heard.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughters, was twice convicted of rape and fled the jurisdiction before being tracked down to the UK where he was arrested earlier this year.
Described as “an enormous risk” to the public by Judge Tony Hunt, he has been in custody awaiting trial since last April.
He pleaded guilty to a series of charges of indecently assaulting his three daughters in the 1980s and 1990s.
The offences took place in the family home, in his car and at Castlerea Prison.
He also admitted charges of sexually assaulting a boy aged between 4 and 6 years of age between 2000 and 2002.
He will be sentenced later this month.
Garda Martina Nolan told the court that matters came to light in 2002 when the oldest daughter made allegations against her father.
All three victims went on to make statements outlining the abuse.
The man was arrested and charged, but absconded while on bail and was only extradited from the UK a number of months ago.
He pleaded guilty to charges in July and to further charges this week.
Two daughters told gardai in detail how they were made carry out a sex act on their father.
One was about five years old and the other about eight or nine.
Both sister separately told of visiting their father in Castlerea Prison while he was serving a sentence for rape in 1999.
She said that her mother had brought her and her sisters to visit their father there and they were all sitting around a table.
She was sitting next to him and he put his hands around her and felt her backside, before moving them around to feel her private parts.
Her younger sister said in her statement that he father wanted her to sit on his knee.
When she did so, he put his hands up her top and felt her breasts.
Garda Nolan told the court that the accused man was a farm labourer and worked at odd jobs.
He had twice been convicted of raping females, one of whom was a special needs person.
He served sentences of five and ten years for the offences in the 1980s and 90s.
He had not participated in any programmes for his offending while in prison and was deemed high risk when released.
He was freed in December 2000, but within months he was sexually abusing a boy aged four or five who trusted him and regarded him as a step-uncle.
The court heard that the offences happened in a forest and at the accused man’s apartment.
He got the boy to take part in an “ice cream game” which involved him licking the ice cream off the man’s genitals.
Defence counsel, Padraig Hogan said he had been instructed to express his client’s remorse and to express his apologies.
The accused man had been subjected to similar abuse himself, which Mr Hogan agreed did not justify what he had done.
Judge Hunt noted that he had not even waited to be released from custody before re-offending and committing acts of indecency.
This is not really that unusual, that Daddy was able to molest these kids even under "supervision." I've heard of fathers who have done the same thing under "supervised" visitation outside of prison.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/father-admits-sex-attacks-on-young-daughters-in-prison-30654581.html
Father admits sex attacks on young daughters in prison
Brian McDonald
Published 10/10/2014 | 19:06
The children were only barely in their teens when the abuse took place at Castlerea Prison, Co Roscommon.
Their now 52-year-old father had earlier carried out acts of abuse on all three of his daughters when they were as young as four and often beat them with his leather trousers belt.
He had also put a lock on the fridge to deny them food, Tullamore Circuit Court heard.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughters, was twice convicted of rape and fled the jurisdiction before being tracked down to the UK where he was arrested earlier this year.
Described as “an enormous risk” to the public by Judge Tony Hunt, he has been in custody awaiting trial since last April.
He pleaded guilty to a series of charges of indecently assaulting his three daughters in the 1980s and 1990s.
The offences took place in the family home, in his car and at Castlerea Prison.
He also admitted charges of sexually assaulting a boy aged between 4 and 6 years of age between 2000 and 2002.
He will be sentenced later this month.
Garda Martina Nolan told the court that matters came to light in 2002 when the oldest daughter made allegations against her father.
All three victims went on to make statements outlining the abuse.
The man was arrested and charged, but absconded while on bail and was only extradited from the UK a number of months ago.
He pleaded guilty to charges in July and to further charges this week.
Two daughters told gardai in detail how they were made carry out a sex act on their father.
One was about five years old and the other about eight or nine.
Both sister separately told of visiting their father in Castlerea Prison while he was serving a sentence for rape in 1999.
She said that her mother had brought her and her sisters to visit their father there and they were all sitting around a table.
She was sitting next to him and he put his hands around her and felt her backside, before moving them around to feel her private parts.
Her younger sister said in her statement that he father wanted her to sit on his knee.
When she did so, he put his hands up her top and felt her breasts.
Garda Nolan told the court that the accused man was a farm labourer and worked at odd jobs.
He had twice been convicted of raping females, one of whom was a special needs person.
He served sentences of five and ten years for the offences in the 1980s and 90s.
He had not participated in any programmes for his offending while in prison and was deemed high risk when released.
He was freed in December 2000, but within months he was sexually abusing a boy aged four or five who trusted him and regarded him as a step-uncle.
The court heard that the offences happened in a forest and at the accused man’s apartment.
He got the boy to take part in an “ice cream game” which involved him licking the ice cream off the man’s genitals.
Defence counsel, Padraig Hogan said he had been instructed to express his client’s remorse and to express his apologies.
The accused man had been subjected to similar abuse himself, which Mr Hogan agreed did not justify what he had done.
Judge Hunt noted that he had not even waited to be released from custody before re-offending and committing acts of indecency.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Dad gets 12 years in jail for raping daughter for almost ten years (Kildare, Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD is total scum and needs to be taken out of circulation permanently.
http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-news/kildare-man-jailed-for-12-years-for-rape-and-sexual-abuse-of-daughter-1-5978105
Kildare man jailed for 12 years for rape and sexual abuse of daughter
Published on the 03 April 2014 13:30
A Kildare farm labourer has been jailed for 12 years for raping and sexually abusing his daughter for almost a decade.
A local detective garda revealed that the man abused his daughter from when she was three years old.
On one occasion when the girl was aged about 12 years, the man tied her to a tree with calving rope and raped her. The detective explained that this rope tightens when it is pulled.
He told Remy Farrell BL, prosecuting, that on another occasion the man tried to give the girl a tablet in a chocolate bar before he brought her to a secluded woodland area and raped her.
Gardai found a condom with the man’s DNA in a search of the spot after the girl made her formal complaints.
The man (48) who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 18 counts of sex assault, one count each of oral rape and attempted rape and four counts of raping his daughter on dates between 2001 and 2010.
He has no previous convictions and does not accept the jury’s verdict. Two jurors were present in court for the sentence finalisation on Wednesday, April 2.
The detective told Mr Farrell that the victim, who was absent from court, confided in her mother about the abuse when her parents’ relationship ended.
During two sessions with garda specialist child interviewers, the girl revealed that her father first digitally penetrated her vagina when she was three years old. She told them this type of abuse happened everyday, until the man began to rape her.
He raped her for the first time on her seventh birthday when the rest of her family were out buying presents.
The detective revealed that uniformed gardai happened upon the man’s car pulled into an ESB substation one evening.
The girl said during interview that her father had started to abuse her by pinning her down by the shoulders with his knees. He got back into his driver’s side when he saw the patrol car arrive.
On another occasion the man slapped his daughter as he forced her to perform oral sex on him. During this act, he told her she was “brilliant”.
The detective told Mr Farrell that the man locked his daughter into a shed in the dark after one rape, before she escaped about an hour later.
The man denied all allegations during his garda interviews and suggested his daughter was making them up.
The detective read out the girl’s victim impact statement, in which she described how she could never call her father “dad” again. She said words such as “shame, hurt, anger, depression, fear” are constantly in her head.
She said the man made her feel like the abuse was a “normal father/daughter thing” and that sometimes she feels “death is the only answer”.
The girl also described not knowing if she would ever be able to have a boyfriend. She attributed being bullied at school to having no confidence from her abuse.
“Any man can be a father, but it takes a good man to be a dad,” the girl stated. She praised the gardai who had conducted the investigation and said she thought she was now ready for counselling.
The detective said there was medical evidence that the girl had been physically damaged from all the abuse.
He agreed with Conor Devally SC, defending, that the man had had a disruptive background.
Mr Devally submitted to Mr Justice Barry White that his client had been abused himself which would perhaps explain his behaviour, though not excuse it.
He said the man has low literacy skills and had been “intellectually and educationally” deprived.
He asked the judge to take into account that his client was unlikely to post a risk in future outside his family.
Mr Justice White said he agreed with the DPP’s view that the rape offences warranted a 15 year sentence.
He suspended the final three years of the sentence for three years, taking into consideration the man’s dysfunctional background and lack of previous convictions.
He ordered the man, who has been registered as a sex offender, not to have any unwanted contact with his daughter during the suspended time.
http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/local-news/kildare-man-jailed-for-12-years-for-rape-and-sexual-abuse-of-daughter-1-5978105
Kildare man jailed for 12 years for rape and sexual abuse of daughter
Published on the 03 April 2014 13:30
A Kildare farm labourer has been jailed for 12 years for raping and sexually abusing his daughter for almost a decade.
A local detective garda revealed that the man abused his daughter from when she was three years old.
On one occasion when the girl was aged about 12 years, the man tied her to a tree with calving rope and raped her. The detective explained that this rope tightens when it is pulled.
He told Remy Farrell BL, prosecuting, that on another occasion the man tried to give the girl a tablet in a chocolate bar before he brought her to a secluded woodland area and raped her.
Gardai found a condom with the man’s DNA in a search of the spot after the girl made her formal complaints.
The man (48) who cannot be named to protect the victim’s identity, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 18 counts of sex assault, one count each of oral rape and attempted rape and four counts of raping his daughter on dates between 2001 and 2010.
He has no previous convictions and does not accept the jury’s verdict. Two jurors were present in court for the sentence finalisation on Wednesday, April 2.
The detective told Mr Farrell that the victim, who was absent from court, confided in her mother about the abuse when her parents’ relationship ended.
During two sessions with garda specialist child interviewers, the girl revealed that her father first digitally penetrated her vagina when she was three years old. She told them this type of abuse happened everyday, until the man began to rape her.
He raped her for the first time on her seventh birthday when the rest of her family were out buying presents.
The detective revealed that uniformed gardai happened upon the man’s car pulled into an ESB substation one evening.
The girl said during interview that her father had started to abuse her by pinning her down by the shoulders with his knees. He got back into his driver’s side when he saw the patrol car arrive.
On another occasion the man slapped his daughter as he forced her to perform oral sex on him. During this act, he told her she was “brilliant”.
The detective told Mr Farrell that the man locked his daughter into a shed in the dark after one rape, before she escaped about an hour later.
The man denied all allegations during his garda interviews and suggested his daughter was making them up.
The detective read out the girl’s victim impact statement, in which she described how she could never call her father “dad” again. She said words such as “shame, hurt, anger, depression, fear” are constantly in her head.
She said the man made her feel like the abuse was a “normal father/daughter thing” and that sometimes she feels “death is the only answer”.
The girl also described not knowing if she would ever be able to have a boyfriend. She attributed being bullied at school to having no confidence from her abuse.
“Any man can be a father, but it takes a good man to be a dad,” the girl stated. She praised the gardai who had conducted the investigation and said she thought she was now ready for counselling.
The detective said there was medical evidence that the girl had been physically damaged from all the abuse.
He agreed with Conor Devally SC, defending, that the man had had a disruptive background.
Mr Devally submitted to Mr Justice Barry White that his client had been abused himself which would perhaps explain his behaviour, though not excuse it.
He said the man has low literacy skills and had been “intellectually and educationally” deprived.
He asked the judge to take into account that his client was unlikely to post a risk in future outside his family.
Mr Justice White said he agreed with the DPP’s view that the rape offences warranted a 15 year sentence.
He suspended the final three years of the sentence for three years, taking into consideration the man’s dysfunctional background and lack of previous convictions.
He ordered the man, who has been registered as a sex offender, not to have any unwanted contact with his daughter during the suspended time.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Dad convicted of sexually abusing daughter for years, but he gets no jail time (Ireland)
No where under patriarchy is a father's sexual abuse of his own children treated as a serious crime. Disgusting. Hope UNNAMED DAD rots in hell, since he won't be rotting in prison.
http://www.limerickpost.ie/2014/03/12/father-avoids-jail-for-abusing-8-year-old-daughter/
Father avoids jail for abusing 8-year-old daughter
Andrew Carey | March 12, 2014
by Andrew Carey A FATHER who repeatedly sexually abused his daughter from the age of eight avoided a jail term after a Circuit Court judge suspended a two-year prison sentence stating that the man had “lost everything” since news of his offending emerged.
The girl, who is now 15, was sexually abused from a young age and had described how she spent her childhood living in constant fear of her father.
During the sentencing hearing earlier this week at Limerick Circuit Court, the 51-year-old man admitted three counts of sexual assault on the girl beginning when she was eight years old.
The court was told of how the girl was just 13 when the man put his hand inside her underwear and touched her vagina. On another occasion, when she was eight or nine years old, he grabbed her wrist and tried to place her hand on his penis. Evidence was given of another incident where he took the child’s panties off and hid them under a pillow during a game of hide and seek.
Two of the sexual assaults took place at an address in Co Limerick on dates between October 2006 and October 2009. The third offence occurred at the same location on April 20, 2012.
In her victim impact statement, the girl described living in constant fear and being unable to concentrate at school.
She recalled how “from a very young age the question I always asked myself was, is this right? Is this what happens when you’re a child?”
“This is something that no child should have to endure at any age.”
Fear was commonplace and she always was afraid to tell anyone about the abuse but, looking back, she doesn’t know how she lasted so long without saying anything.
Matters came to light when the girl confided in her mother who made a complaint to Gardaí. During a period of counselling, the girl made a note of other incidents that occurred.
Defence counsel Andrew Sexton SC said the man had no previous convictions and had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.
Earlier this week, Judge Carroll Moran sentenced the man to two years in prison, but ordered that the sentence be suspended for a period of five years. His name was also added to the Sex Offenders register for five years.
Addressing the matter of publishing the man’s name, Judge Moran asked about the prosecution’s attitude to an application made by the victim’s mother not to have his name published.
Prosecution Counsel Michael Collins said that he had been heavily canvassed to see that the reporting restrictions remained in place.
On hearing the applications, Judge Moran reconfirmed media restrictions on naming the man but added that he was not happy that a man was convicted and sentenced anonymously.
http://www.limerickpost.ie/2014/03/12/father-avoids-jail-for-abusing-8-year-old-daughter/
Father avoids jail for abusing 8-year-old daughter
Andrew Carey | March 12, 2014
by Andrew Carey A FATHER who repeatedly sexually abused his daughter from the age of eight avoided a jail term after a Circuit Court judge suspended a two-year prison sentence stating that the man had “lost everything” since news of his offending emerged.
The girl, who is now 15, was sexually abused from a young age and had described how she spent her childhood living in constant fear of her father.
During the sentencing hearing earlier this week at Limerick Circuit Court, the 51-year-old man admitted three counts of sexual assault on the girl beginning when she was eight years old.
The court was told of how the girl was just 13 when the man put his hand inside her underwear and touched her vagina. On another occasion, when she was eight or nine years old, he grabbed her wrist and tried to place her hand on his penis. Evidence was given of another incident where he took the child’s panties off and hid them under a pillow during a game of hide and seek.
Two of the sexual assaults took place at an address in Co Limerick on dates between October 2006 and October 2009. The third offence occurred at the same location on April 20, 2012.
In her victim impact statement, the girl described living in constant fear and being unable to concentrate at school.
She recalled how “from a very young age the question I always asked myself was, is this right? Is this what happens when you’re a child?”
“This is something that no child should have to endure at any age.”
Fear was commonplace and she always was afraid to tell anyone about the abuse but, looking back, she doesn’t know how she lasted so long without saying anything.
Matters came to light when the girl confided in her mother who made a complaint to Gardaí. During a period of counselling, the girl made a note of other incidents that occurred.
Defence counsel Andrew Sexton SC said the man had no previous convictions and had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.
Earlier this week, Judge Carroll Moran sentenced the man to two years in prison, but ordered that the sentence be suspended for a period of five years. His name was also added to the Sex Offenders register for five years.
Addressing the matter of publishing the man’s name, Judge Moran asked about the prosecution’s attitude to an application made by the victim’s mother not to have his name published.
Prosecution Counsel Michael Collins said that he had been heavily canvassed to see that the reporting restrictions remained in place.
On hearing the applications, Judge Moran reconfirmed media restrictions on naming the man but added that he was not happy that a man was convicted and sentenced anonymously.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Coroner: Dad drowned 3-year-old daughter in murder-suicide (Ireland)
Dad is identified as MARTIN MCCARTHY.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/he-killed-our-daughter-30028964.html
'He killed our daughter'
Heartbroken mum flees inquest in tears after clashing with friends and family of her late husband
21 February 2014
The heartbroken mother of a three-year-old girl who drowned alongside her father walked out of their inquest after heated exchanges over precisely how the child died.
Rebecca McCarthy (26) fought back tears after verbal clashes between her family and friends of her late husband, Martin McCarthy (50).
Mr McCarthy had left a note in the milking parlour of his west Cork farm, outlining his intention to take his own life on March 5, 2013 – but his friends rejected any suggestion that he ever planned to hurt his daughter Clarissa.
An inquest in Bantry recorded verdicts of drowning for the father and daughter, from Audley Cove near Ballydehob, West Cork.
Ms McCarthy, an American, had travelled back to Ireland to attend the Bantry inquest from her new home in California, accompanied by her mother and aunt. But she briefly fled the hearing when friends of Mr McCarthy loudly objected to the coroner returning a verdict which implied that the farmer had restrained his little girl in the water.
Brothers Alan and Daniel Hurley, neighbours and friends of Mr McCarthy, said there was no pathological evidence to support this.
There were heated exchanges, with members of Rebecca's family saying "He killed her" and "If he was still alive he would be charged with murder."
However, Mr McCarthy's friends insisted to the coroner that "he idolised that child" and "he would never harm an animal, let alone a person".
One friend suggested to the coroner that the father and daughter may have fallen off a ledge into the sea that night.
But Coroner Frank O'Connell said he had to take the evidence into account.
The inquest had heard that a major land and sea search was launched for the father and child when a note addressed to Mr McCarthy's wife was discovered in the milking parlour on March 5.
The note, which was not read out at the inquest, was in Mr McCarthy's handwriting.
Mr O'Connell, who read the note, said it was clear why serious concerns over the safety of the two were raised, as the farmer was "explicit" in the note about his intentions.
"You cannot ignore the note," he said. Mr O'Connell recorded a verdict of "drowning... death was self-caused" for Mr McCarthy. His death was also accelerated by severe cardiac disease.
In the case of Clarissa, he recorded a verdict of death "as a result of drowning, where the deceased, a three-year-old child, was taken into the water, where she became unconscious and drowned".
Ms McCarthy declined to comment to the media after the inquest.
Her solicitor, Martin Harvey, said the family wanted to thank all the members of the emergency services who mounted a desperate search for the father and girl and then tried so hard to save them.
"Rebecca wishes to ask members of the media to allow her to grieve her terrible loss. We would ask everyone to please respect her privacy," he said.
In her statement to gardai, Mrs McCarthy had told how she hugged her daughter's favourite rock by a beach adjoining the family farm from midnight as the Goleen Coastguard and Baltimore RNLI combed the sea for any trace of the father and daughter.
"I squeezed it (Clarissa's favourite rock)... and then I heard that they had found Clarissa," she said.
"I tried to run over (to the body) but they pulled me back. Then they put something over her little legs and they put her in the ambulance. I got in beside her," she added.
The little girl was pronounced dead by a GP before she was removed to hospital.
CRADLED
Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster said there was no evidence of trauma in either case. Alcohol was found in Mr McCarthy's system.
The couple first met when Rebecca was a 16-year-old student at Schull Community School a decade ago.
They married in 2006 when Rebecca was 19 and Clarissa was born in May 2009.
Mr McCarthy doted on the child and referred to her as his "princess".
Ms McCarthy insisted that her husband and daughter be buried together and members of both families walked into Schull Church side by side for the Requiem Mass last year in a gesture of solidarity.
Mr McCarthy was buried with Clarissa cradled in his arms in a single coffin.
Ralph Riegel
Irish Independent
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/he-killed-our-daughter-30028964.html
'He killed our daughter'
Heartbroken mum flees inquest in tears after clashing with friends and family of her late husband
21 February 2014
The heartbroken mother of a three-year-old girl who drowned alongside her father walked out of their inquest after heated exchanges over precisely how the child died.
Rebecca McCarthy (26) fought back tears after verbal clashes between her family and friends of her late husband, Martin McCarthy (50).
Mr McCarthy had left a note in the milking parlour of his west Cork farm, outlining his intention to take his own life on March 5, 2013 – but his friends rejected any suggestion that he ever planned to hurt his daughter Clarissa.
An inquest in Bantry recorded verdicts of drowning for the father and daughter, from Audley Cove near Ballydehob, West Cork.
Ms McCarthy, an American, had travelled back to Ireland to attend the Bantry inquest from her new home in California, accompanied by her mother and aunt. But she briefly fled the hearing when friends of Mr McCarthy loudly objected to the coroner returning a verdict which implied that the farmer had restrained his little girl in the water.
Brothers Alan and Daniel Hurley, neighbours and friends of Mr McCarthy, said there was no pathological evidence to support this.
There were heated exchanges, with members of Rebecca's family saying "He killed her" and "If he was still alive he would be charged with murder."
However, Mr McCarthy's friends insisted to the coroner that "he idolised that child" and "he would never harm an animal, let alone a person".
One friend suggested to the coroner that the father and daughter may have fallen off a ledge into the sea that night.
But Coroner Frank O'Connell said he had to take the evidence into account.
The inquest had heard that a major land and sea search was launched for the father and child when a note addressed to Mr McCarthy's wife was discovered in the milking parlour on March 5.
The note, which was not read out at the inquest, was in Mr McCarthy's handwriting.
Mr O'Connell, who read the note, said it was clear why serious concerns over the safety of the two were raised, as the farmer was "explicit" in the note about his intentions.
"You cannot ignore the note," he said. Mr O'Connell recorded a verdict of "drowning... death was self-caused" for Mr McCarthy. His death was also accelerated by severe cardiac disease.
In the case of Clarissa, he recorded a verdict of death "as a result of drowning, where the deceased, a three-year-old child, was taken into the water, where she became unconscious and drowned".
Ms McCarthy declined to comment to the media after the inquest.
Her solicitor, Martin Harvey, said the family wanted to thank all the members of the emergency services who mounted a desperate search for the father and girl and then tried so hard to save them.
"Rebecca wishes to ask members of the media to allow her to grieve her terrible loss. We would ask everyone to please respect her privacy," he said.
In her statement to gardai, Mrs McCarthy had told how she hugged her daughter's favourite rock by a beach adjoining the family farm from midnight as the Goleen Coastguard and Baltimore RNLI combed the sea for any trace of the father and daughter.
"I squeezed it (Clarissa's favourite rock)... and then I heard that they had found Clarissa," she said.
"I tried to run over (to the body) but they pulled me back. Then they put something over her little legs and they put her in the ambulance. I got in beside her," she added.
The little girl was pronounced dead by a GP before she was removed to hospital.
CRADLED
Assistant State Pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster said there was no evidence of trauma in either case. Alcohol was found in Mr McCarthy's system.
The couple first met when Rebecca was a 16-year-old student at Schull Community School a decade ago.
They married in 2006 when Rebecca was 19 and Clarissa was born in May 2009.
Mr McCarthy doted on the child and referred to her as his "princess".
Ms McCarthy insisted that her husband and daughter be buried together and members of both families walked into Schull Church side by side for the Requiem Mass last year in a gesture of solidarity.
Mr McCarthy was buried with Clarissa cradled in his arms in a single coffin.
Ralph Riegel
Irish Independent
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Dad pleads guilty to assaulting 8-week-old son; shook baby until he went limp (Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD was "frustrated"....
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/father-shook-baby-son-until-he-was-limp-259073.html
Father shook baby son until he was limp
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A father who became frustrated with his colicky, eight-week-old baby shook him until he became limp and an ambulance had to be called to rush the child to hospital.
By Liam Heylin
The father pleaded guilty to two counts of assault, one of causing harm and the other of causing serious harm to the boy.
Defence barrister, Seamus Roche, said at the sentencing hearing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday that the father had been under financial pressure as a result of the downturn of the economy.
Mr Roche said: “It is an extraordinarily difficult case. It is inexcusable on one level and should never happen.
“There are certain realities about how it came to happen, there was financial pressure and he was suffering from sleep deprivation.
“It does not excuse what happened, but it might explain why he snapped,” he said. Garda James O’Donoghue said the ambulance was called to the house on November 26, 2011, at 7.20 in the morning.
The ambulance crew was told that a two-month old baby was having difficulty breathing.
Staff at the hospital were concerned that might have been a case of what is called baby-shaking syndrome and the parents were spoken to in relation to the matter but no admissions were made.
Two days later the child was being transferred to Temple Street children’s hospital.
While en route, the defendant made admissions to his wife, saying not that he had thrown the baby but had “roughly placed the baby into the baby bouncer.” His wife notified the consultant.
Later, when interviewed, the child’s father admitted that during a feeding of the baby in the middle of the night he became frustrated and angry with the child.
Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said he had difficulty understanding the defendant’s euphemism about placing the baby roughly.
The defendant admitted that on a second incident, again when the child would not settle at night, he held the baby firmly around the chest until the baby became limp. The defendant then called his wife and the ambulance was called.
Mr Roche said that the defendant and his wife had separated for a period but were now back together and had been doing well since what he described as that dark period in their lives.
The mother said that the child was now aged two and was doing well.
Garda O’Donoghue did refer to concerns for the child’s ongoing development.
However, the mother repeated that the child was happy and doing well.
Judge Ó Donnabháin said, “This a very disturbing case. I want to consider everything that has been put before me and digest it fully. I will remand him until Friday and I will make a decision then.”
The accused, who was remanded on bail, cannot be named as it would identify the infant victim.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/father-shook-baby-son-until-he-was-limp-259073.html
Father shook baby son until he was limp
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A father who became frustrated with his colicky, eight-week-old baby shook him until he became limp and an ambulance had to be called to rush the child to hospital.
By Liam Heylin
The father pleaded guilty to two counts of assault, one of causing harm and the other of causing serious harm to the boy.
Defence barrister, Seamus Roche, said at the sentencing hearing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court yesterday that the father had been under financial pressure as a result of the downturn of the economy.
Mr Roche said: “It is an extraordinarily difficult case. It is inexcusable on one level and should never happen.
“There are certain realities about how it came to happen, there was financial pressure and he was suffering from sleep deprivation.
“It does not excuse what happened, but it might explain why he snapped,” he said. Garda James O’Donoghue said the ambulance was called to the house on November 26, 2011, at 7.20 in the morning.
The ambulance crew was told that a two-month old baby was having difficulty breathing.
Staff at the hospital were concerned that might have been a case of what is called baby-shaking syndrome and the parents were spoken to in relation to the matter but no admissions were made.
Two days later the child was being transferred to Temple Street children’s hospital.
While en route, the defendant made admissions to his wife, saying not that he had thrown the baby but had “roughly placed the baby into the baby bouncer.” His wife notified the consultant.
Later, when interviewed, the child’s father admitted that during a feeding of the baby in the middle of the night he became frustrated and angry with the child.
Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin said he had difficulty understanding the defendant’s euphemism about placing the baby roughly.
The defendant admitted that on a second incident, again when the child would not settle at night, he held the baby firmly around the chest until the baby became limp. The defendant then called his wife and the ambulance was called.
Mr Roche said that the defendant and his wife had separated for a period but were now back together and had been doing well since what he described as that dark period in their lives.
The mother said that the child was now aged two and was doing well.
Garda O’Donoghue did refer to concerns for the child’s ongoing development.
However, the mother repeated that the child was happy and doing well.
Judge Ó Donnabháin said, “This a very disturbing case. I want to consider everything that has been put before me and digest it fully. I will remand him until Friday and I will make a decision then.”
The accused, who was remanded on bail, cannot be named as it would identify the infant victim.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Dad jailed for 10 years for repeated sexual abuse of son (Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD. Notice that the abuse took place on a "weekly basis"--is this a way of saying it took place during some sort of visitation? As usual, the circumstances behind the crimes are not fully explained.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/father-jailed-for-10-years-for-abuse-of-son-1.1604662
Father jailed for 10 years for abuse of son
Man pleads guilty to 12 charges of defilement of a child under 15
Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 20:57
First published:Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 20:43
A father who subjected his young son to horrifying sexual abuse was given a 10-year prison sentence today.
The middle-aged man from the midlands had pleaded guilty to 12 charges of the defilement of a child under 15 and the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in respect of several other counts.
The offences took place in 2009 and 2010, when the boy was aged nine to 11, the Circuit Criminal Court sitting in Tullamore heard.
Judge Tony Hunt voiced his concern that, while the accused had pleaded guilty and was making some progress in dealing with his problems, he did not fully appreciate what he had done to his child. His actions had gone against all the natural duties and instincts of a parent to nurture a child. It was a most fundamental breach of trust.
While there had been no victim impact statement, it was “highly likely” that long-term damage had been done to the victim, the judge said.
The court heard that the abuse, which took place on a weekly basis, had come to light when his son disclosed to a relative what had been happening to him. When the accused man was later interviewed by gardaí, he made limited admissions.
The man had been assessed on the low range of an intelligence scale, but that did not prevent him from appreciating the enormity of what had happened, Judge Hunt said.
‘A danger’
“I’m satisfied he doesn’t have a conventional view of sexuality and is a danger unless managed,” he stressed.
The headline sentence for such offences was 14 years, the judge noted, and the case seemed to him to be well above the medium point in the scale. But there were also a number of mitigating factors, including the guilty plea, which he had to take into account.
He imposed concurrent sentences of 10 years on each count, but suspended three years on condition that the accused keep the peace, comply with post-release supervision requirements and have no contact with his victim.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/father-jailed-for-10-years-for-abuse-of-son-1.1604662
Father jailed for 10 years for abuse of son
Man pleads guilty to 12 charges of defilement of a child under 15
Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 20:57
First published:Fri, Nov 22, 2013, 20:43
A father who subjected his young son to horrifying sexual abuse was given a 10-year prison sentence today.
The middle-aged man from the midlands had pleaded guilty to 12 charges of the defilement of a child under 15 and the Director of Public Prosecutions entered a nolle prosequi in respect of several other counts.
The offences took place in 2009 and 2010, when the boy was aged nine to 11, the Circuit Criminal Court sitting in Tullamore heard.
Judge Tony Hunt voiced his concern that, while the accused had pleaded guilty and was making some progress in dealing with his problems, he did not fully appreciate what he had done to his child. His actions had gone against all the natural duties and instincts of a parent to nurture a child. It was a most fundamental breach of trust.
While there had been no victim impact statement, it was “highly likely” that long-term damage had been done to the victim, the judge said.
The court heard that the abuse, which took place on a weekly basis, had come to light when his son disclosed to a relative what had been happening to him. When the accused man was later interviewed by gardaí, he made limited admissions.
The man had been assessed on the low range of an intelligence scale, but that did not prevent him from appreciating the enormity of what had happened, Judge Hunt said.
‘A danger’
“I’m satisfied he doesn’t have a conventional view of sexuality and is a danger unless managed,” he stressed.
The headline sentence for such offences was 14 years, the judge noted, and the case seemed to him to be well above the medium point in the scale. But there were also a number of mitigating factors, including the guilty plea, which he had to take into account.
He imposed concurrent sentences of 10 years on each count, but suspended three years on condition that the accused keep the peace, comply with post-release supervision requirements and have no contact with his victim.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Dad walks free from court--after admitting 3 counts of assault against 9-week-old daughter (Ireland)
This piece of crap went off on the baby not once, but THREE TIMES. The last time when she was only 9-weeks old. So basically he abused her from birth because he was all "frustrated" from her crying.
But check out all the excuses and daddy coddling here. Poor little thing is sorry now. (Sorry my arse. ) So he won't be held accountable at all because he has now "bonded" with the baby.
Are you f***ing kidding me? Guess the baby's brain damage and cracked ribs don't matter now, because poor daddy just feels so awful, you know.
Dad is identified as SHAUN MCCAHILL.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dad-who-caused-baby-brain-injury-avoids-jail-term-29734246.html
Dad who caused baby brain injury avoids jail term
Greg Harkin – 07 November 2013
A FATHER who shook his own baby daughter so violently he caused her brain damage and cracked her ribs has walked free from court.
Shaun McCahill (21) admitted three counts of assault causing harm on the baby who was just nine weeks old at the time of the last of three incidents in which he had shaken her.
But Judge John O'Hagan said he would not send McCahill to jail because of the bonds he had built with the girl since.
The judge also allowed the naming of McCahill in court, but banned the identification of the child.
Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court heard McCahill, from St Mary's Terrace, Ramelton, Co Donegal, had shaken the baby girl on three occasions – twice with his hands and once as she was in a pram.
Garda Joe McManus said officers launched an investigation on May 19, 2011, when the baby was transferred to Letterkenny General Hospital after suffering convulsions while she was being minded by McCahill.
The child was later brought to Temple Street Children's Hospital where older injuries were detected by doctors who concluded the injuries were not accidental.
Gda McManus said the father later admitted that he shook the little girl on three separate occasions because he could not get her to stop crying.
The court also heard how McCahill now rarely goes out and has also tried to take his own life.
The judge asked the mother if she thought McCahill meant to hurt the baby. She replied that she "honestly couldn't say".
There was a hope the baby would recover from the brain injury in time, the court heard.
Both McCahill and the baby's mother wept on occasion during the hearing. Barrister for the accused, Charlotte Simpson, said McCahill felt sick and ashamed of what he had done and would have to live with it for the rest of his life.
Judge O'Hagan said there was "no way" he was imposing a custodial sentence.
"This is a very emotional case. It's a tragic case of a dad who lost it," he said. "He was faced with a situation of a little girl crying and he couldn't do anything to stop it.
He picked her up twice and shook her but of course that didn't keep her quiet. He's 21.
But check out all the excuses and daddy coddling here. Poor little thing is sorry now. (Sorry my arse. ) So he won't be held accountable at all because he has now "bonded" with the baby.
Are you f***ing kidding me? Guess the baby's brain damage and cracked ribs don't matter now, because poor daddy just feels so awful, you know.
Dad is identified as SHAUN MCCAHILL.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/dad-who-caused-baby-brain-injury-avoids-jail-term-29734246.html
Dad who caused baby brain injury avoids jail term
Greg Harkin – 07 November 2013
A FATHER who shook his own baby daughter so violently he caused her brain damage and cracked her ribs has walked free from court.
Shaun McCahill (21) admitted three counts of assault causing harm on the baby who was just nine weeks old at the time of the last of three incidents in which he had shaken her.
But Judge John O'Hagan said he would not send McCahill to jail because of the bonds he had built with the girl since.
The judge also allowed the naming of McCahill in court, but banned the identification of the child.
Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court heard McCahill, from St Mary's Terrace, Ramelton, Co Donegal, had shaken the baby girl on three occasions – twice with his hands and once as she was in a pram.
Garda Joe McManus said officers launched an investigation on May 19, 2011, when the baby was transferred to Letterkenny General Hospital after suffering convulsions while she was being minded by McCahill.
The child was later brought to Temple Street Children's Hospital where older injuries were detected by doctors who concluded the injuries were not accidental.
Gda McManus said the father later admitted that he shook the little girl on three separate occasions because he could not get her to stop crying.
The court also heard how McCahill now rarely goes out and has also tried to take his own life.
The judge asked the mother if she thought McCahill meant to hurt the baby. She replied that she "honestly couldn't say".
There was a hope the baby would recover from the brain injury in time, the court heard.
Both McCahill and the baby's mother wept on occasion during the hearing. Barrister for the accused, Charlotte Simpson, said McCahill felt sick and ashamed of what he had done and would have to live with it for the rest of his life.
Judge O'Hagan said there was "no way" he was imposing a custodial sentence.
"This is a very emotional case. It's a tragic case of a dad who lost it," he said. "He was faced with a situation of a little girl crying and he couldn't do anything to stop it.
He picked her up twice and shook her but of course that didn't keep her quiet. He's 21.
Friday, October 25, 2013
Dad dealt drugs while babysitting (Dublin, Ireland)
Dad PAUL BRADY has a history of drug dealing. I'm guessing he is basically unemployable, so got drafted into "stay-at-home" daddyhood.
http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/father-dealt-drugs-while-minding-baby-29700012.html
Father dealt drugs while minding baby
ANDREW PHELAN – 25 OCTOBER 2013 02:30 PM
A DUBLIN dad caught dealing drugs on the street while minding his baby in a pram has been jailed for three months.
Father-of-four Paul Brady (41) was arrested after undercover gardai caught him with sedative tablets in a suspected drugs transaction while he was pushing the young child in a buggy.
He had been prescribed the valium and dalmaine pills but had them for illegal sale or supply when he was searched.
Judge Victor Blake sentenced him at Dublin District Court after hearing he had prior convictions for dealing.
Brady, with an address at Turvey Woods, Donabate, had denied possession of drugs with intent to sell or supply on February 13.
Gda Emmett Brannigan told the court he was on plain-clothes duty near Dominick Street in the north inner city when he saw Brady pushing a buggy up the street.
When a woman approached the accused he gave her something and she handed over cash.
A total of 132 pills and €810 in cash were found on Brady when he was searched.
He was arrested and brought to Store Street Garda Station where he was given an opportunity to account for the drugs but he failed to do so.
In cross-examination, Gda Brannigan told defence solicitor Declan Fahy the woman who approached the accused was aged around 30 and was a "small dark-haired girl with the appearance of a drug addict".
PROBLEM
Another garda had spoken to her and there was no evidence of anything having been found on her.
Gda Brannigan said it had not been a complex incident and he recalled the details of what he had observed.
"It wouldn't be every day you see somebody wheeling a buggy up the road engaged in this, so it would be something that would stick out in my mind", he said.
Gda Brannigan said benzodiazepines were one of the biggest problem drugs around the city after heroin and it was not unusual for them to be sold.
Judge Blake imposed two concurrent sentences and set bail terms in the event of an appeal.
http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/father-dealt-drugs-while-minding-baby-29700012.html
Father dealt drugs while minding baby
ANDREW PHELAN – 25 OCTOBER 2013 02:30 PM
A DUBLIN dad caught dealing drugs on the street while minding his baby in a pram has been jailed for three months.
Father-of-four Paul Brady (41) was arrested after undercover gardai caught him with sedative tablets in a suspected drugs transaction while he was pushing the young child in a buggy.
He had been prescribed the valium and dalmaine pills but had them for illegal sale or supply when he was searched.
Judge Victor Blake sentenced him at Dublin District Court after hearing he had prior convictions for dealing.
Brady, with an address at Turvey Woods, Donabate, had denied possession of drugs with intent to sell or supply on February 13.
Gda Emmett Brannigan told the court he was on plain-clothes duty near Dominick Street in the north inner city when he saw Brady pushing a buggy up the street.
When a woman approached the accused he gave her something and she handed over cash.
A total of 132 pills and €810 in cash were found on Brady when he was searched.
He was arrested and brought to Store Street Garda Station where he was given an opportunity to account for the drugs but he failed to do so.
In cross-examination, Gda Brannigan told defence solicitor Declan Fahy the woman who approached the accused was aged around 30 and was a "small dark-haired girl with the appearance of a drug addict".
PROBLEM
Another garda had spoken to her and there was no evidence of anything having been found on her.
Gda Brannigan said it had not been a complex incident and he recalled the details of what he had observed.
"It wouldn't be every day you see somebody wheeling a buggy up the road engaged in this, so it would be something that would stick out in my mind", he said.
Gda Brannigan said benzodiazepines were one of the biggest problem drugs around the city after heroin and it was not unusual for them to be sold.
Judge Blake imposed two concurrent sentences and set bail terms in the event of an appeal.
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Dad accused of killing two sons appears in court (County Carlow, Ireland)
Dad is identified as SANJEEV CHADA.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/murder-accused-father-remanded-in-custody-29578772.html
Murder accused father remanded in custody
BRIAN MCDONALD – 14 SEPTEMBER 2013
A father on suicide watch after being charged with the murder of his two sons appeared in court yesterday.
Sanjeev Chada (43), from Ballinkillen, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, arrived at Harristown District Court in Co Roscommon wearing a navy sweatshirt and kept his head bowed for the duration of his appearance.
He has been in custody at nearby Castlerea prison since August 1.
He is facing charges of murdering his sons, Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5), at Skehanagh, Ballintubber, Co Mayo, on July 29 last.
The charges followed the discovery of the bodies of the two boys in a car boot after the vehicle had crashed into a stone wall at Ballintubber – about 20km from Westport.
At a previous court hearing, Mr Chada's solicitor, James Hanley, had asked that his client be kept separate from the rest of the inmates at Castlerea prison and requested that he be looked at regularly.
Mr Hanley confirmed that it was a suicide-watch request and gardai agreed that this was needed.
In court yesterday, the accused man did not speak and stared at the ground throughout the hearing. He is in receipt of legal aid after the court was told that he has no income.
Supt Jim Ryan said he was seeking to have him remanded in custody for four weeks as the charges before the court were allegations of murder.
Judge Geoffrey Browne remanded him in continuing custody to appear again at Harristown District Court on October 11.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/murder-accused-father-remanded-in-custody-29578772.html
Murder accused father remanded in custody
BRIAN MCDONALD – 14 SEPTEMBER 2013
A father on suicide watch after being charged with the murder of his two sons appeared in court yesterday.
Sanjeev Chada (43), from Ballinkillen, Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, arrived at Harristown District Court in Co Roscommon wearing a navy sweatshirt and kept his head bowed for the duration of his appearance.
He has been in custody at nearby Castlerea prison since August 1.
He is facing charges of murdering his sons, Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (5), at Skehanagh, Ballintubber, Co Mayo, on July 29 last.
The charges followed the discovery of the bodies of the two boys in a car boot after the vehicle had crashed into a stone wall at Ballintubber – about 20km from Westport.
At a previous court hearing, Mr Chada's solicitor, James Hanley, had asked that his client be kept separate from the rest of the inmates at Castlerea prison and requested that he be looked at regularly.
Mr Hanley confirmed that it was a suicide-watch request and gardai agreed that this was needed.
In court yesterday, the accused man did not speak and stared at the ground throughout the hearing. He is in receipt of legal aid after the court was told that he has no income.
Supt Jim Ryan said he was seeking to have him remanded in custody for four weeks as the charges before the court were allegations of murder.
Judge Geoffrey Browne remanded him in continuing custody to appear again at Harristown District Court on October 11.
Dad kills 3-year-old daughter in murder-suicide, after cutting mom out of his estate (Ballydehob, Ireland)
Why do these fathers kill the children? It's always about control and punishing the mother.
The killer dad is identified as MARTIN MCCARTHY.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-suicide-dad-wrote-his-young-wife-out-of-will-29580150.html
Murder suicide dad wrote his young wife out of will
Grieving widow is now suing her late husband's estate for her share
RALPH REIGEL AND MAEVE SHEEHAN – 15 SEPTEMBER 2013
A YOUNG mother who lost her only child in a horrific murder suicide is suing her dead husband's estate after he wrote her out of his will.
Martin McCarthy, 50, a farmer from Ballydehob, killed his three-year-old daughter Clarissa and took his own life in March, leaving his young wife, Rebecca, 26, bereft and traumatised.
It has now emerged that in the days before the tragedy, Martin McCarthy had changed his will in an attempt to prevent his wife from inheriting his farm and other assets. He bequeathed the bulk of his estate, including buildings and farm land to his immediate family and a neighbour, according to informed sources.
Ms McCarthy discovered in May that her husband had excluded her from his will, at a time when she was still in the throes of grief. Sources said she was "stunned" by the news.
Ms McCarthy has now launched a High Court action to restore her legal entitlement to her share of the family home and farm on the shores of Audley Cove.
In a separate action, she is seeking compensation from her late husband's estate for trauma and distress over the loss of her little girl.
News of the legal action has stunned the tight-knit community of Ballydehob, where Martin McCarthy was born and raised and where Rebecca Bailey-Cejnar came to spend a gap year from school.
She was a young student from America on her transition year and was staying with a local family in Ballydehob, while attending school in Schull.
Martin McCarthy was a taciturn bachelor farmer in his 40s who worked a neighbouring farm.
The teenager approached McCarthy for help about a school project on farming. The pair soon began a secret relationship which resulted in marriage when she turned 18. Rebecca then left her home in California and moved into the small farm house.
He was regarded as being difficult and quiet. She was more sociable and involved in the community. But they both adored their daughter Clarissa.
It was no great secret locally that the marriage had become strained. Local people talked about McCarthy's fears that his young wife planned to leave him, and bring their only child back to her native California.
Her father, Harry Cejnar, later rubbished these reports. He told a newspaper that Clarissa didn't even have a passport, nor had her mother applied to get one for her.
The killer dad is identified as MARTIN MCCARTHY.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/murder-suicide-dad-wrote-his-young-wife-out-of-will-29580150.html
Murder suicide dad wrote his young wife out of will
Grieving widow is now suing her late husband's estate for her share
RALPH REIGEL AND MAEVE SHEEHAN – 15 SEPTEMBER 2013
A YOUNG mother who lost her only child in a horrific murder suicide is suing her dead husband's estate after he wrote her out of his will.
Martin McCarthy, 50, a farmer from Ballydehob, killed his three-year-old daughter Clarissa and took his own life in March, leaving his young wife, Rebecca, 26, bereft and traumatised.
It has now emerged that in the days before the tragedy, Martin McCarthy had changed his will in an attempt to prevent his wife from inheriting his farm and other assets. He bequeathed the bulk of his estate, including buildings and farm land to his immediate family and a neighbour, according to informed sources.
Ms McCarthy discovered in May that her husband had excluded her from his will, at a time when she was still in the throes of grief. Sources said she was "stunned" by the news.
Ms McCarthy has now launched a High Court action to restore her legal entitlement to her share of the family home and farm on the shores of Audley Cove.
In a separate action, she is seeking compensation from her late husband's estate for trauma and distress over the loss of her little girl.
News of the legal action has stunned the tight-knit community of Ballydehob, where Martin McCarthy was born and raised and where Rebecca Bailey-Cejnar came to spend a gap year from school.
She was a young student from America on her transition year and was staying with a local family in Ballydehob, while attending school in Schull.
Martin McCarthy was a taciturn bachelor farmer in his 40s who worked a neighbouring farm.
The teenager approached McCarthy for help about a school project on farming. The pair soon began a secret relationship which resulted in marriage when she turned 18. Rebecca then left her home in California and moved into the small farm house.
He was regarded as being difficult and quiet. She was more sociable and involved in the community. But they both adored their daughter Clarissa.
It was no great secret locally that the marriage had become strained. Local people talked about McCarthy's fears that his young wife planned to leave him, and bring their only child back to her native California.
Her father, Harry Cejnar, later rubbished these reports. He told a newspaper that Clarissa didn't even have a passport, nor had her mother applied to get one for her.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Dad arrested on "suspicion of murder" in deaths of two sons (County Mayo, Ireland)
Looks like either a simulated or failed murder-suicide attempt. Personally, this strikes me as totally--if badly--staged. How are you going to hang yourself by a rope in a car?
Dad is identified as SANJEEV CHADA.
http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/62868/father-continues-to-be-questioned-following-death-of-two-sons
Father continues to be questioned following death of two sons
MAYO ADVERTISER, AUGUST 02, 2013.
By Geraldine Carr
A bleak atmosphere hung over Westport this week after the bodies of two missing children from Carlow were found in the boot of a car which was driven by their father Sanjeev Chada who has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The bodies of Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (five) Chada were discovered in the car after it crashed into a wall on the Old Coast Road at Rosbeg on Monday afternoon around 3.30pm. The Ford Focus, which was driven by their father Sanjeev, collided head on into a wall after the car drove out off a side road onto the main road. Those who came across the crash found the 43-year-old driver with a noose wrapped around his neck and the bodies of his sons in the car boot.
The boys were reported missing on Sunday night after Sanjeev left the family home at Ballinkillen, Co Carlow, with the children to go bowling in Carlow and never returned. The Child Rescue Ireland alert system was used for the first time by gardaí on Monday to try and locate the boys, however the grim discovery in Westport was the sad conclusion to the search for the children.
The scene at Rosbeg was immediately preserved for a technical examination and the car was removed from the scene of the collision for further technical and forensic examination. A post mortem of the two children was carried out by the deputy State pathologist Dr Jabbar with the results of the post mortem not being released, however it has been reported that the boys died from asphyxiation, and were killed hours before the crash.
Sanjeev Chada, who was treated in Mayo General Hospital for injuries sustained in the crash was released from hospital on Wednesday afternoon and was arrested after his release at 12.30pm. He was brought to Westport Garda Station for questioning and was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 where he could be detained for 24 hours. Questioning was suspended on Wednesday evening to allow him to sleep and resumed on Thursday morning which meant that the period of detention was due to expire on Thursday evening. At the time of going to print Mr Chada had not been charged.
Yesterday a technical examination was carried out on an area near Ballintubber Abbey.
The bodies of the two boys were released on Wednesday night and made the journey home to their mother Kathleen in a single white coffin.
The brothers are to be buried today (Friday) in St Lazerian's Church, Ballinkillen at 1pm, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Westport area councillor John O’Malley said that people in Westport are “shocked and stunned” about the events which occurred. “It’s the most horrible news that I have ever heard in the area,” Cllr O’Malley told the Mayo Advertiser. He expressed his sympathy to the family of the deceased and said that he hoped that God would give their mother strength during this difficult time.
Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council Michael McLaughlin also conveyed his sympathy to the family of the deceased for this “terrible tragedy.”
Dad is identified as SANJEEV CHADA.
http://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/62868/father-continues-to-be-questioned-following-death-of-two-sons
Father continues to be questioned following death of two sons
MAYO ADVERTISER, AUGUST 02, 2013.
By Geraldine Carr
A bleak atmosphere hung over Westport this week after the bodies of two missing children from Carlow were found in the boot of a car which was driven by their father Sanjeev Chada who has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
The bodies of Eoghan (10) and Ruairi (five) Chada were discovered in the car after it crashed into a wall on the Old Coast Road at Rosbeg on Monday afternoon around 3.30pm. The Ford Focus, which was driven by their father Sanjeev, collided head on into a wall after the car drove out off a side road onto the main road. Those who came across the crash found the 43-year-old driver with a noose wrapped around his neck and the bodies of his sons in the car boot.
The boys were reported missing on Sunday night after Sanjeev left the family home at Ballinkillen, Co Carlow, with the children to go bowling in Carlow and never returned. The Child Rescue Ireland alert system was used for the first time by gardaí on Monday to try and locate the boys, however the grim discovery in Westport was the sad conclusion to the search for the children.
The scene at Rosbeg was immediately preserved for a technical examination and the car was removed from the scene of the collision for further technical and forensic examination. A post mortem of the two children was carried out by the deputy State pathologist Dr Jabbar with the results of the post mortem not being released, however it has been reported that the boys died from asphyxiation, and were killed hours before the crash.
Sanjeev Chada, who was treated in Mayo General Hospital for injuries sustained in the crash was released from hospital on Wednesday afternoon and was arrested after his release at 12.30pm. He was brought to Westport Garda Station for questioning and was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 where he could be detained for 24 hours. Questioning was suspended on Wednesday evening to allow him to sleep and resumed on Thursday morning which meant that the period of detention was due to expire on Thursday evening. At the time of going to print Mr Chada had not been charged.
Yesterday a technical examination was carried out on an area near Ballintubber Abbey.
The bodies of the two boys were released on Wednesday night and made the journey home to their mother Kathleen in a single white coffin.
The brothers are to be buried today (Friday) in St Lazerian's Church, Ballinkillen at 1pm, with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Westport area councillor John O’Malley said that people in Westport are “shocked and stunned” about the events which occurred. “It’s the most horrible news that I have ever heard in the area,” Cllr O’Malley told the Mayo Advertiser. He expressed his sympathy to the family of the deceased and said that he hoped that God would give their mother strength during this difficult time.
Cathaoirleach of Westport Town Council Michael McLaughlin also conveyed his sympathy to the family of the deceased for this “terrible tragedy.”
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Drunk dad gets suspended sentence for swinging 4-week-old son, threatening to drop him (Dublin, Ireland)
UNNAMED DAD
http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/drunk-dad-threatened-to-drop-his-own-baby-29448727.html
Drunk dad threatened to drop his own baby
SONYA MCLEAN – 25 JULY 2013 02:30 PM
A FATHER has been given a five-year suspended sentence after he was caught drunkenly swinging his four-week-old baby boy.
A court heard that the man threatened to drop the infant if gardai came any closer to him.
Officers were concerned for the child, who was not crying or moving. The baby was later found to have some bruising, but was otherwise fully alert with normal vital signs.
The 30-year-old, who cannot be name to protect the child's identity, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to wilfully exposing a child in his care to injury by, while intoxicated, swinging the child around with its head unsupported on February 28, 2012.
He also admitted possession of a blade on the same occasion. He has three previous convictions, including a drug offence for which he was jailed.
Gda Ciaran O'Neill told prosecutor Garret Baker that the man told officers in interview that he "felt s***" about what had happened and said he would not have done it had it not been for the alcohol and prescription tablets he had taken.
He agreed with Ann Marie Lawlor, defending, that her client said he had the knife because his partner had previously been threatened.
He accepted that both the man and his partner believed this threat was credible, which was why he had removed the baby from the house.
Judge Patrick McCartan said at an initial sentence hearing that he had grave concerns about the case and adjourned it for updated HSE reports.
EFFORTS
"While I accept the proposition of recklessness and disregard, the seriousness of the case was the fact that he removed an infant of that age from his home at midnight," the judge said.
He said also had concerns about the man's involvement in drugs.
"Having said that it's quite clear that he has made very significant efforts to put right the very grievous wrong he did."
Judge McCartan had adjourned sentencing previously pending an indication from the HSE that it was safe for the man to move back in with his family.
However he was told by Mr Baker yesterday that the HSE hasn't been able to provide this information.
http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/drunk-dad-threatened-to-drop-his-own-baby-29448727.html
Drunk dad threatened to drop his own baby
SONYA MCLEAN – 25 JULY 2013 02:30 PM
A FATHER has been given a five-year suspended sentence after he was caught drunkenly swinging his four-week-old baby boy.
A court heard that the man threatened to drop the infant if gardai came any closer to him.
Officers were concerned for the child, who was not crying or moving. The baby was later found to have some bruising, but was otherwise fully alert with normal vital signs.
The 30-year-old, who cannot be name to protect the child's identity, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to wilfully exposing a child in his care to injury by, while intoxicated, swinging the child around with its head unsupported on February 28, 2012.
He also admitted possession of a blade on the same occasion. He has three previous convictions, including a drug offence for which he was jailed.
Gda Ciaran O'Neill told prosecutor Garret Baker that the man told officers in interview that he "felt s***" about what had happened and said he would not have done it had it not been for the alcohol and prescription tablets he had taken.
He agreed with Ann Marie Lawlor, defending, that her client said he had the knife because his partner had previously been threatened.
He accepted that both the man and his partner believed this threat was credible, which was why he had removed the baby from the house.
Judge Patrick McCartan said at an initial sentence hearing that he had grave concerns about the case and adjourned it for updated HSE reports.
EFFORTS
"While I accept the proposition of recklessness and disregard, the seriousness of the case was the fact that he removed an infant of that age from his home at midnight," the judge said.
He said also had concerns about the man's involvement in drugs.
"Having said that it's quite clear that he has made very significant efforts to put right the very grievous wrong he did."
Judge McCartan had adjourned sentencing previously pending an indication from the HSE that it was safe for the man to move back in with his family.
However he was told by Mr Baker yesterday that the HSE hasn't been able to provide this information.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Dad convicted of murdering 5-month-old daughter, her 3-year-old brother, the mother, family friend (County Limerick, Ireland)
Dad JOHN GEARY was pissed because Mum left his violent worthless @rse. So he stabbed her to death, along with their 5-month-old daughter. He also murdered two others who happened to walk in on the scene.
http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/four-life-terms-for-dad-who-murdered-women-and-children-29407417.html
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Four life terms for dad who murdered women and children
Barry Duggan and Natasha Reid– 09 July 2013 02:30 PM
A FATHER murdered two women and two children in a jealous rage before travelling to a tourist town for a pint.
John Geary (37) of Meadow Court, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, killed his ex-partner and their five-month-old daughter because she had left him.
He stabbed the other woman and a three-year-old boy to death because they had arrived at the scene and caught him.
Four knives and a screwdriver were used in the attack and the victims were stabbed almost 60 times.
Milk
Mr Justice Paul Carney sentenced him to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
Geary had pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-partner Sarah Hines (25), their five-month-old daughter Amy, her three-year-old brother Reece and 20-year-old Alicia Brough at a house in Hazelgrove, Newcastle West on November 15, 2010.
Detective Inspector Eamon O'Neill told the court gardai found two knives and a screwdriver at the scene, but believed up to five weapons were used.
He explained that when Geary arrived at the house he found Sarah and Amy Hines. "Alicia Brough had taken Reece to the butcher's," he said.
He said that Geary had attacked mother and baby with a knife with exceptional violence "to say the least".
He inflicted 21 wounds on his ex-partner's face, neck and chest and inflicted nine knife wounds on his baby daughter.
Det Insp O'Neill said a pathologist found that Sarah Hines had struggled to defend herself, but would have collapsed once she sustained knife wounds to her heart and lungs.
"It would be our belief that Alicia Brough walked in on the attack," said Det Insp O'Neill.
It is understood that Ms Hines was attempting to crawl away from Geary towards a sitting room when Ms Brough walked into the house.
He explained that Ms Brough sustained 14 to 16 wounds to various parts of her body.
Geary used a screwdriver to kill Reece, who was not related to him. He inflicted 15 wounds on the boy.
After murdering all four, Geary drank a glass of milk and changed his clothes before walking home.
http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/four-life-terms-for-dad-who-murdered-women-and-children-29407417.html
Tuesday 9 July 2013
Four life terms for dad who murdered women and children
Barry Duggan and Natasha Reid– 09 July 2013 02:30 PM
A FATHER murdered two women and two children in a jealous rage before travelling to a tourist town for a pint.
John Geary (37) of Meadow Court, Newcastle West, Co Limerick, killed his ex-partner and their five-month-old daughter because she had left him.
He stabbed the other woman and a three-year-old boy to death because they had arrived at the scene and caught him.
Four knives and a screwdriver were used in the attack and the victims were stabbed almost 60 times.
Milk
Mr Justice Paul Carney sentenced him to life imprisonment at the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
Geary had pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-partner Sarah Hines (25), their five-month-old daughter Amy, her three-year-old brother Reece and 20-year-old Alicia Brough at a house in Hazelgrove, Newcastle West on November 15, 2010.
Detective Inspector Eamon O'Neill told the court gardai found two knives and a screwdriver at the scene, but believed up to five weapons were used.
He explained that when Geary arrived at the house he found Sarah and Amy Hines. "Alicia Brough had taken Reece to the butcher's," he said.
He said that Geary had attacked mother and baby with a knife with exceptional violence "to say the least".
He inflicted 21 wounds on his ex-partner's face, neck and chest and inflicted nine knife wounds on his baby daughter.
Det Insp O'Neill said a pathologist found that Sarah Hines had struggled to defend herself, but would have collapsed once she sustained knife wounds to her heart and lungs.
"It would be our belief that Alicia Brough walked in on the attack," said Det Insp O'Neill.
It is understood that Ms Hines was attempting to crawl away from Geary towards a sitting room when Ms Brough walked into the house.
He explained that Ms Brough sustained 14 to 16 wounds to various parts of her body.
Geary used a screwdriver to kill Reece, who was not related to him. He inflicted 15 wounds on the boy.
After murdering all four, Geary drank a glass of milk and changed his clothes before walking home.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Dad jailed for filming teen daughter in child porn (Ireland)
Yet another sick f*** of an UNNAMED FATHER.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/meath-father-of-two-jailed-for-filming-teenage-daughter-in-child-pornography-1.1449744
Meath father of two jailed for filming teenage daughter in child pornography
Court heard man had created a ‘dress-up room’ in the attic of the family home
Judge Martin Nolan described it as “an appalling case and said the man had “destroyed the trust” of his daughter on numerous occasions
Tue, Jul 2, 2013, 01:00 First published: Tue, Jul 2, 2013, 01:00
A father of two in Meath, who told gardaí that pornographic videos and images he had taken of his 14-year-old daughter were “just showbusiness”, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
The court heard that the man had created a dress-up room in the attic of the family home and would make his daughter wear sexualised outfits before photographing her. Gardaí found 1,150 still pornographic images of the girl and 74 movie files following a search of the house. The victim told gardaí her father would tell her it was only acting. The man initially told gardaí in interview she was a willing participant and said he didn’t see anything wrong with what had happened.
Simulating sex
He identified himself in various video clips simulating sex with his daughter but denied he wanted to have intercourse with her and described it as a bit “of fun”.
The 47-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to six charges each of sexual assault, producing child pornography and allowing one’s child to be used in child pornography on dates between May 2010 and April 2011.
The man, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty three weeks before the trial was to take place last April. Judge Martin Nolan described it as “an appalling case, to put it mildly” and said the man had “destroyed the trust” of his daughter on numerous occasions.
“Parents have two obligations to their children, to mind them physically and morally,” the judge said, adding that the moral care the man gave to this child was gravely reprehensible. He said the fact the man thought it was “okay” to use his daughter in this way was “deeply perverted and to think that no harm would be caused to her is deeply shocking”.
Judge Nolan said the man had used his child to satisfy his sexual fantasies and that it was clear from the victim impact report she was “an intelligent girl who had been deeply traumatised”. He said he hopes in time the damage her father has done will be fixed “by the love of her mother and the help of her friends”. He suspended the last two years of the sentence.
Det Garda Shane Curran told Carl Hanahoe, prosecuting, the incidents were reported to gardaí after the man’s wife discovered a camera on a hall table that had pornographic images of their daughter on it.
Padraig Dwyer SC, defending, said his client was “more than sorry” for putting his daughter through this and he now realises the wrong he has done her and his family.
Counsel asked the court to accept that his client’s plea of guilty, lack of previous convictions and the fact the material was not distributed for commercial gain were mitigating factors in the case.
Victim impact report
Det Garda Curran read the girl’s victim impact report in which she outlined how much she had loved her father and how she would have done anything to keep him happy. She blamed herself for getting him arrested. “I didn’t want them to take my dad away.”
She said her father would say horrible things about her mother and brainwashed her against the woman so she could get close to her.
She said she still dreams about what he had done to her and wakes up upset and angry. “My Dad is in prison and he deserves it. I am afraid he will hurt my Mam because she reported him,” she said in her report, before adding that she often wondered why her father did these things to her when he said he loved her.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/meath-father-of-two-jailed-for-filming-teenage-daughter-in-child-pornography-1.1449744
Meath father of two jailed for filming teenage daughter in child pornography
Court heard man had created a ‘dress-up room’ in the attic of the family home
Judge Martin Nolan described it as “an appalling case and said the man had “destroyed the trust” of his daughter on numerous occasions
Tue, Jul 2, 2013, 01:00 First published: Tue, Jul 2, 2013, 01:00
A father of two in Meath, who told gardaí that pornographic videos and images he had taken of his 14-year-old daughter were “just showbusiness”, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.
The court heard that the man had created a dress-up room in the attic of the family home and would make his daughter wear sexualised outfits before photographing her. Gardaí found 1,150 still pornographic images of the girl and 74 movie files following a search of the house. The victim told gardaí her father would tell her it was only acting. The man initially told gardaí in interview she was a willing participant and said he didn’t see anything wrong with what had happened.
Simulating sex
He identified himself in various video clips simulating sex with his daughter but denied he wanted to have intercourse with her and described it as a bit “of fun”.
The 47-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to six charges each of sexual assault, producing child pornography and allowing one’s child to be used in child pornography on dates between May 2010 and April 2011.
The man, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty three weeks before the trial was to take place last April. Judge Martin Nolan described it as “an appalling case, to put it mildly” and said the man had “destroyed the trust” of his daughter on numerous occasions.
“Parents have two obligations to their children, to mind them physically and morally,” the judge said, adding that the moral care the man gave to this child was gravely reprehensible. He said the fact the man thought it was “okay” to use his daughter in this way was “deeply perverted and to think that no harm would be caused to her is deeply shocking”.
Judge Nolan said the man had used his child to satisfy his sexual fantasies and that it was clear from the victim impact report she was “an intelligent girl who had been deeply traumatised”. He said he hopes in time the damage her father has done will be fixed “by the love of her mother and the help of her friends”. He suspended the last two years of the sentence.
Det Garda Shane Curran told Carl Hanahoe, prosecuting, the incidents were reported to gardaí after the man’s wife discovered a camera on a hall table that had pornographic images of their daughter on it.
Padraig Dwyer SC, defending, said his client was “more than sorry” for putting his daughter through this and he now realises the wrong he has done her and his family.
Counsel asked the court to accept that his client’s plea of guilty, lack of previous convictions and the fact the material was not distributed for commercial gain were mitigating factors in the case.
Victim impact report
Det Garda Curran read the girl’s victim impact report in which she outlined how much she had loved her father and how she would have done anything to keep him happy. She blamed herself for getting him arrested. “I didn’t want them to take my dad away.”
She said her father would say horrible things about her mother and brainwashed her against the woman so she could get close to her.
She said she still dreams about what he had done to her and wakes up upset and angry. “My Dad is in prison and he deserves it. I am afraid he will hurt my Mam because she reported him,” she said in her report, before adding that she often wondered why her father did these things to her when he said he loved her.
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