Paedophile teacher’s dad tried to pay €50,000 to teen victim’s family to drop criminal complaint
Cian Cooney is expected to be in jail until November 2024
Ken Foy
A former hotelier whose son was jailed for the sexual exploitation and grooming of a 13-year-old girl attempted to pay €50,000 to her father to get the case dropped.
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