A man is to be sentenced next month for the rape of a boy in Wicklow two years ago. The 22-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in the Central Criminal Court yesterday to raping the boy, then 10, on an unknown date between May 15th and 18th, 1996.
Mr Justice Carney ordered a probation report on the defendant and a victim impact report on the boy. There was no prosecution objection to bail continuing to the sentence hearing on December 18th.