The brother of Miriam and her sister Irene was found guilty of habitually sexually abusing them.
A woman, whose brother avoided jail after being convicted of sexually abusing her, says suspended sentences deter victims from coming forward.
Gerald Henry of Lixnaw, County Kerry, was found guilty on 9 July of habitually sexually abusing Miriam and her sister Irene when they were children and Gerald was a teenager.Henry received an 18-month sentence, suspended for three years. He maintains that he is not guilty of the crime and expressed no remorse or regret.“I wasn't surprised, because we see the sentencing that happens in this country,” she says.
“But at the same time when I had heard that there was no expression of regret or remorse, I was thinking maybe he'll get an actual sentence that he'll have to serve.” Miriam says that such sentences add to the myriad of reasons sex abuse survivors do not come forward.Since going public on social media about her case, she says she has received hundreds of messages from all over Ireland from people who said they did not report their own abuse due to the Irish legal system.During his trial, Gerald Henry had two character references, from his wife and his father-in-law.
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