A judge has noted that, in the last month alone, “two young men from good families with no previous convictions” have ended up serving prison sentences for sexual offences, as she jailed a young Donegal man who was 16 when he orally raped a 14-year-old girl. “As a society, we must do better for both the defendants and the injured parties,” Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said on Thursday. She noted that the accessing of porn from a young age “is a sadly constant theme where offending young males are involved”.

Posted by Fred Bassett