A boy who abused his half-sister said that he was copying what he saw on a pornographic website, a court was told.
The teenager, 16, who cannot be named, appeared at the Central criminal court to admit five charges of oral rape and 44 sexual assaults between September 1, 2016 and January 31, 2017.
A garda told Imelda Kelly, for the prosecution, that on January 30, 2017 the boy’s mother walked into her living room to discover her son inappropriately touching her daughter. He was 14 and his half-sister was eight.
His mother made a complaint to gardaí and the boy was arrested. In interviews he said he was copying things that he had watched on Porn Hub.
In a victim impact statement, read out