He's facing prison for attacks on two boys in 2018.
A man has been jailed for nine and a half years for raping a teenage boy and sexually assaulting another after drugging them on separate dates in 2018.
One of the attacks took place in a remote location in Co. Laois, while the other happened at a place in south Dublin and in the Wicklow mountains.
The 29-year-old man, who can't be named to protect the identities of his victims, was undergoing a placement in a children’s hospital at the time of the attacks.
The court heard he stole a vial of Penthrox and a carbon dioxide chamber from Naas race course, and used it on his victims.
Penthrox is a powerful medicine, administered through a green-whistle inhaler type device, to reduce pain, typically in emergency situations.
The man drugged the boys by either holding the inhaler to his victim’s mouth, or by holding an oxygen mask to their face.
A video taken on an iPhone of the man raping one of the boys while he was unconscious was shown to Mr. Justice Paul McDermott at his sentence hearing.
He described it as “sinister and very damaging” for the boy, and something that would have caused him “huge upset”.
He said it was clear he pursued him “coldly and ruthlessly, and with indifference to his welfare”.
His victim didn’t have any control over what happened to him. He was “drowsy and incapable.”
Mr. Justice McDermott then jailed him for nine and a half years.
Laois Hotel To Hold Fuel Crisis Meeting This Weekend
Midlands MEP Welcomes European Ban On AI 'Nudification’ Apps
Jadotville Monument Unveiled In Westmeath
LOETB Highlight Importance Of Prisoner Education Programmes
Housing Minister Opens 77 New Social Homes In Offaly
Justice Minister Criticises TDs Speaking Out Against Gardai
Farmers Urge Action From Government Over Dairy Price War
National Lottery Calls On Midlands' Winner To Collect Million Euro Prize
Midlands Hospital Reopening Surgical Ward
Planning Granted For Westmeath Hotel Expansion
Westmeath Town Centre Plan Set For May Day Launch
Midlands Weapons Offences Up 44%
Laois TD Questions 2030 Housing Target
Midlands MEP Challenges EU As Housing Funding Falls Short
Penalty Shootout Heartache Breaks Irish Hearts In Prague
Jadotville Monument Being Unveiled In Westmeath
Childcare Consultations To Take Place Next Month In Midlands
11% Of Tests Cancelled Over New Insurance Rule By RSA
Longford-Westmeath TD Blasts Opposition Over Being Called 'Lackey'
More Supports Needed For Meals On Wheels - Irish Rural Link