Man sexually abused partner’s niece in a ‘despicable manner’

A DUBLIN man who sexually abused his partner’s niece in a “despicable manner” over 40 years ago has been jailed for nine years. Lillian Byrne told the court in her victim-impact statement that she was handing back the shame and guilt she had carried to the accused man.

She said now that John Dempsey Senior (73) was in prison, she hoped she could be released from the prison in her head she had been in for the past 43 years.