July 2013
Man, 73 jailed for historic sexual offences against young girls
A 73 year old man from Rostrevor has been jailed for 20 years for a mixture of 40 historic sexual offences against female children
Pensioner James Hutchinson appeared at Newry crown court this week to stand trial for offences carried out over three decades ago
The offences included a mixture of rapes, attempted buggeries and indecent assaults
The court found the local man guilty of sex offences which were carried out between 1980 and 1985 on two female children in the Newry area.
The two young victims were aged between just six and eleven years old at the time
