Galway sex offender jailed for abusing boy, 11, back on streets after just three year sentence

Galway Man Released After Serving Time for Child Sex Abuse

Anthony Spellman, who was convicted of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy in the 1980s, has been released from prison and is expected to have returned to the UK.

Spellman was sentenced to four years in prison in 2020 by Galway Circuit Court for 20 counts of indecent assault against the boy, which occurred between June 1984 and January 1986.

During his trial, it was revealed that Spellman had previously served time for abusing a seven-year-old boy and had also received a Risk of Sexual Harm Order in the UK for sending explicit messages to a 15-year-old boy.

The judge sentenced Spellman to a total of 16 months on counts one to 18, and another 16 months on each of counts 19 and 20.