Sonya McLean

1 week ago | sundayworld.com | Eimear Dodd |Sonya McLean

WALKS FREE | Derek Callaghan (65) pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply on January 19, 2022Eimear Dodd and Sonya McLeanToday at 15:15A grandfather who had a “stellar career in the army” has been given a three-year suspended sentence for possession of over €13,000 of cannabis. Derek Callaghan (65) pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for sale or supply on January 19, 2022.

1 month ago | breakingnews.ie | Sonya McLean |Eimear Dodd

A young woman has said that she was emotionally blackmailed by her mother not to report to the gardaí that her stepfather had sexually abused her as a child. The 44-year-old man had been sexually abusing the girl from the age of 13 in the family home while her mother was out working. The abuse included oral rape and attempted rape. “I still can’t understand how my mother took the side of a paedophile,” the woman said in her victim impact statement.

1 month ago | echolive.ie | Sonya McLean

A woman who falsely claimed she was being held captive and being forced to work as a prostitute has been jailed for two years and three months. Brenda Emmanuel (34) arrived at Store Street Garda Station in Dublin in October 2019 and told them she had just managed to escape her captives. She said she had travelled from her village in Nigeria six months earlier to Ireland to work as a home help.

1 month ago | irishmirror.ie | Sonya McLean

A woman who falsely claimed she was being held captive and forced to work as a prostitute has been jailed for two years and three months. Brenda Emmanuel (34) arrived at Store Street Garda Station in Dublin in October 2019 and told them she had just managed to escape her captives. She said she had travelled from her village in Nigeria six months earlier to Ireland to work as a home help.

1 month ago | independent.ie | Sonya McLean

Woman (34) who falsely claimed she was being held captive and forced to work as a prostitute jailed for over two yearsA woman who falsely claimed she was being held captive and being forced to work as a prostitute has been jailed for two years and three months. Brenda Emmanuel (34) arrived at Store Street Garda Station in Dublin in October 2019 and told them she had just managed to escape her captives.