Trial date set for trio on rape and sex abuse charges

The trial of a 37-year-old Galway mother, her partner and another man – who are charged with the rape and sexual abuse of the woman’s two children over a two-year period – has been fixed for January 2021.

All three are currently out on bail awaiting their trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin, which has been set down for hearing, beginning on January 25, 2021.

The mother faces 27 charges, including four counts of raping her daughter on dates between October 20, 2012 and October 10, 2013.

She is also charged with the false imprisonment of the child and ten counts of the sexual exploitation of the girl.

The mother is also charged with ten counts of sexually assaulting her daughter and with one charge of reckless endangerment, by permitting the girl to be placed in a situation that created a risk of her becoming a victim of sexual abuse.

She is further charged with the reckless endangerment of her son on dates between January 1, 2013 and September 3, 2014, by permitting him to be placed in a situation that created a risk of him becoming a victim of sexual abuse.

The woman’s 48-year-old partner faces 63 charges, including ten counts of raping the girl and a further ten counts of raping the boy.

He is also charged with 20 counts of sexual exploitation, 20 counts of sexually assaulting both children, two counts of reckless endangerment, and one count of false imprisonment.

The second man (53), faces 52 charges, including 20 counts of raping the boy. He is also charged with ten counts of sexual assault and ten counts of sexual exploitation of the boy.

The man is also charged with four counts of raping the girl and with a further four counts of sexually assaulting her.

He is further charged with four counts involving the sexual exploitation of the girl.