A six-year-old boy was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a 13-year-old for several months in what the assailant described as “a game of torture”, a court has heard. Yesterday — more than 30 years later — the victim said the accused would always be a vile and predatory paedophile. Judge Seán Ó Donnabháin imposed a jail term of two years to be added to eight years already being served by 45-year-old John Murphy of 33 Silversprings Court, Tivoli, Cork. Detective Garda Mark Durcan said John Murphy gave the victim a dinky toy and told him not to tell anyone after the six-year-old had played “a game of torture” with the older boy. Judge Ó Donnabháin said: “Even though he was himself a child when he committed these eight counts, they are a significant matter.

Source: Irish Examiner November 05, 2019 23:48 UTC