An Athlone man is to be sentenced in the Central Criminal Court next month for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl and orally raping her at knife-point.
Dermot Murphy (28), of Brittas, Glasson, Athlone, Co Westmeath, pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning the girl at a location in Athlone on September 21st, 1997, and to producing a knife during the course of rape or sexual assault.
He also admitted oral rape, sexual assault, sexually assaulting the girl in circumstances of serious violence or threatened serious violence in such a manner as to cause injury, humiliation or degradation on the same date.
Murphy was remanded on continuing bail to June 19th next and Mr Justice Paul Carney ordered the preparation of reports on the defendant and the victim.