First Female Convicted for Incest in Ireland

[mcgillianaire]

In Ireland, a man can be sentenced to life for incest but a woman can only be sentenced to a maximum of seven years. As if that isn't a fair deal for people who commit the same crime, there comes a story of a mother who forced her teenage son to have sex with her on four occasions over a six-year period, while abusing and starving her five other

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[messicat]

That is all kinds of bizarre. Weirder still is the fact that that's where my family comes from in Ireland, hope I'm not related to such an awful woman.

[mcgillianaire]

Wow, talk about bringing a story closer to home! I hope she isn't related to you either. So are both your parents of Roscommon-stock?

[messicat]

My grandfather and his father were from Roscommon. My grandfather migrated to New Zealand and then to Australia, I know my mum has visited Roscommon, but I'm yet to make it to Ireland, one day that though.