Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway Rape Crisis Centre says it’s outraged that a 61-year old wheelchair-bound Castlegar man is to serve his jail sentence for child sex abuse in his home.
Last July, Martin Davoren, from Caireal Mór, Castlegar, pleaded guilty at Galway Circuit Criminal Court to twelve sample charges of indecently assaulting a girl at a location in the county between September 1st, 1986 and July 31st, 1988.
Martin Davoren received a five year jail sentence, but was sent home from court as there was nowhere to accommodate him in an Irish prison.
It’s the first time any Irish prisoner has been allowed to serve their sentence at home.
The prison service is deploying four prison officers to guard Davoren’s home every day – at a cost of around 1,600 euro per day before tax.
In a statement issued to Galway Bay fm news, Galway Rape Crisis Center says the decision to allow the convicted abuser serve his sentence in his home is ‘outrageous’.
It says that it sends out a very bad message to those considering reporting such crimes – and it’s in the public interest that the situation is immediately reversed.