Meath Courts, Meath Gardai, Meath Crime
A 45 year old man, unemployed father of two children, from Slane Village in County Meath, will appear in Court again this week in relation to earlier charges brought before Navan District Court of Child Sexual Abuse.
In the past week there have been a string of burglaries around Navan, if you have any information in relation to any criminal activity, Please contact the Gardai in Navan 046-902 1445, your information will be treated with strictest confidence.
Navan Rape charge: A man appeared in Navan Court 27th July 2011 charged with an alleged rape in a Navan apartment. The man in his late 30s is charged with the alleged rape in Navan in February of this year, he cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim.
A Dublin man was jailed for ten months for sexually assaulting a 16 year old girl when he appeared at Trim Court. The man admitted sexually assaulting the child on the 23rd August last year, the man convicted was described as being 26 years old, single father.
More than one half of all calls made to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre helpline last year related to childhood sexual assault, a 30% increase over the past eight years.
The counselling service received more than 9,000 calls in 2010, 52% of these related to child sexual abuse cases.
Meath Courts, Meath Crime, Meath Gardai
Gardai in Trim have charged a local man with the alleged possession of child pornography.
A 48 year old man was arrested in the Mornington area of the town and was charged under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. The man was remanded to Cloverhill Prison and appeared at Navan Court 26th July 2011.
A 45 year old man, unemployed father of two children, from Slane Village in County Meath, was remanded in continuing custody when he appeared at Navan District Court 20th July 2011 on charges relating to child sexual crime.
A 52 year old Ashbourne man, Derek Leggett, of Tara Lawns in the town, was sentenced to three years for sending texts threatening to Rape a female work colleague
