JOHN MCGIBBON SLOAN SENTENCED IN BELFAST FOR BALLYMENA CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE

In a harrowing case that has shocked the community of Ballymena, John McGibbon Sloan, a 57-year-old man, was sentenced to a lengthy prison term after being found guilty of a series of heinous sexual offenses committed against young girls. The crimes, which spanned nearly a decade, involved the rape of one girl and the sexual abuse of three others, including two sisters, all of whom were between the ages of six and 12 at the time of the abuse.

Judge Gemma Loughran presided over the case at Belfast Crown Court and delivered a stern verdict, condemning Sloan for what she described as an