June 2019 Teen who raped seven-year-old boy handed probation order A teenager from Northern Ireland who raped a seven-year-old boy has walked free from court after being told he would have been jailed for seven years if he had been “more mature”. Sean McCorry, from Brownlow Terrace in Lurgan, can now be identified after turning 18 on Monday. He was sentenced at Craigavon Crown Court after previously admitting three charges of rape between 10 January and 13 May 2015 and one of sexual touching involving penetration. McCorry committed the offences when he was aged 13. The court previously heard that the victim had been visiting relatives close to where relatives of the defendant lived when he was raped twice in the back of a van and once in a shed during two separate incidents. The boy told his mum who, in turn, alerted the police. The court further heard that the incidents had occurred after McCorry had been watching pornography with his school friends. The teenager was arrested and questioned and, while he initially gave “no comment” responses, he later made admissions. Judge Patrick Lynch QC sentenced McCorry to a three-year probation order, describing the charges as “very serious” and adding: “The court cannot gloss over them.” He also told McCorry: “The use of pornography may have had an impact on your offending.” Judge Lynch said the young victim had been attending counselling and had suffered a “profound and lasting trauma”. He further order McCorry to stay on the police sex offenders’ register for two-and-a-half years and imposed a seven-year Sexual Offences Prevention Order. The judge warned McCorry not to breach any of the conditions, adding: “If, for example, you are found with a phone that is not registered, you will be brought back to court and may be sent to prison for that.”