March 2013: Released back into the community – Donachie had his sentence reduced by two years on appeal but was given an extra 6 years on licence
March 2009
Paedophile jailed for 10 years for raping a boy under 16 and a string of other sex charges
A Weymouth paedophile has been jailed for multiple charges of sexual acts including rape
John McMorrow Donachie, 69 from Weymouth in Dorset has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment at Bournemouth crown court.
The charges Donachie admitted to include: Six counts of indecency with a child. Five counts of indecent assault on a child. Two counts of sexual assault on a child. One count of sexual assault on a child aged under 13 years old and two counts of rape on child aged under 16 years old.
All the above offences relate to a male child. The offences date back to 1998 and relate to the same boy
Donachie systematically abused the boy over a seven year period, beginning when the child was aged just seven years old, and not ending until the child reached 14 years old.
The offender is also required to sign the sex offenders register for life
