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THE niece of notorious rapist Joseph Hogan told The Irish Sun last night: “I wish he was dead.”
Survivor Sonya Stokes, 47, now living in Portlaoise, made the claim as she stood outside the Midlands Prison ahead of her uncle’s release from the high security jail.
Hogan — who also has convictions in the UK for sexual assault — is classified as homeless and will now be placed on the sex offenders register for life.
The monster is being released from prison after serving ten years of the 15-year sentence he received in 2015 for raping Sonya at a house in Limerick when she was just seven between December 1984 and December 1988.
Hogan, from Rose Court, Keyes Park in Limerick, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court of three counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted rape.
Since his conviction, the sicko, who abused another child in Limerick in 1973, has never shown any remorse for his horrific attack on Sonya or his other victims in the UK.
He also appealed his conviction in 2019 but lost his case at the High Court.
The mum-of-five — who has again urged other victims of Hogan to come forward — has waived her right to anonymity to reveal details of the paedo’s release back into the community.
She said: “This monster should have been in jail for the rest of his life for what he did to me and other innocent children. I honestly hope that he rots and dies a slow death because he’s the devil.
“He is sick, twisted and depraved because of what he did and has never shown any remorse.
“I wonder when he goes to sleep at night does he hear the sound of me crying when I was a child?
“I also wonder if he ever thinks about what he did to me and others?
“I knew this day would come and my fear is that he will target other children because a monster like him never changes.”
Sonya also wants the paedo to know how she is “no longer afraid” of him, adding: “I’m not a victim — I’m a survivor. I want him to know that I’m no longer the little crying girl who was afraid. I’m no longer afraid of his evil eyes.
“I may have been broken and betrayed — but he will never win.
“He should be behind bars for the rest of his life so children are safe.
“People should not be afraid to speak out. Don’t suffer in silence.”
She also added: “My parents Patricia and Willie went to their graves with broken hearts because of the hurt he caused.
“There were people who didn’t believe me at the time but I told the truth and the court believed me.
“The people who supported him should feel ashamed of themselves because of what he did to me and other children.”
Before his release, Sonya also wrote to the paedo in prison to remind him of the lives he had destroyed.
In the letter, seen by The Irish Sun, the survivor, who helps victims of sexual violence, described her attacker as “depraved and sick”.
It read: “You are nothing more than a dirty old paedophile — you stole my innocence.
“I pray for you to die and I fear for the public. I’ve cried a thousand tears but I’m still standing.
“I pray no child has to face you.
“I’m holding my head high and I can live without fear.
“Nobody is to blame for your actions only you.”
“This monster should have been in jail for the rest of his life for what he did to me and other innocent children. I honestly hope that he rots and dies a slow death because he’s the devil.”
Sonya Stokes
She also posted on social media about the pervert’s release as part of her efforts to warn parents of the dangers he poses to children.
Sonya added: “I had to do something because God knows where he could go.
“I had to let other parents know how dangerous this man is because I know he won’t have changed after ten years in prison.
“I am in Limerick all the time and I would hate to encounter him on one of my visits.
“As someone who was abused by this animal, I should be told where he is going to be living.”
At his sentence hearing, Mr Justice Paul Carney spoke of the “inherent gravity” of the crime.
Following his release, Hogan will be monitored by the Probation Services. He will also have to notify Gardai of his whereabouts.
Before he targeted Sonya, Hogan received a six-month sentence for the indecent assault of a girl in 1973.
Investigators also believe that he first targeted children when he was a teenager.
After serving his sentence in 1973, he then moved to the UK and was convicted of the indecent assault of a girl under the age of 14.
He then returned to Ireland where he continued to prey on children.
He was convicted of other indecent assaults in 1995 and 1998.
“I’m not a victim — I’m a survivor. I want him to know that I’m no longer the little crying girl who was afraid. I’m no longer afraid of his evil eyes.
Sonya Stokes
And he was jailed for 22 months in March 2013 for breaches of the Sex Offenders Act which banned him from living in houses with children in 2007 and 2009.
Sonya added: “I really feel the State in the UK and in Ireland should have done more to protect children when he was first convicted of those offences in the 1970s.
“He was convicted in 1973 and 1974 yet here he was just a decade later targeting me over a four-year period? I know there are other victims of his out there and I would encourage them not to suffer in silence — if they come forward justice will prevail.”
Sonya added: “I want to thank everyone who has supported me over the years and also everyone who has sent me messages recently.
“I have spoken out now because I have the strength and it’s about protecting our children.”
CORK CITY legend Dave Barry has told how he was allowed two pints the night before an All-Ireland final — and went on to make a few drinks part of his own management regime.
Barry won All-Irelands as a Cork footballer in 1989 and 1990 while also starring in the League of Ireland.
He later managed City at Turner’s Cross for four seasons.
Famous for scoring goals in European competition against the like of Bayern Munich in 1991 and Galatasaray in 1993, the one-time wing wizard — and plumber — was also man of the match in his county’s 1989 Croke Park triumph.
Was there a secret to his success?
He told us: “Drinking that time, it was part of the culture, you know. You got on the bus, you had a six-pack on your lap and you’re talking about scoring a goal or taking a goal off the line.
“(Cork boss) Billy Morgan at the time would say, ‘You’d sleep better, you know, just go have two pints’.
“And that was the thing, and it was the same with (Cork City manager) Noel O’Mahony.
“Look, if you’re a professional, you’re getting good money. If you’re getting a couple of grand a week, you can’t be going out, you have to look after your body.
“And even when I was a manager, fellas would be slagging me, saying ‘we used to go out and you didn’t know where we were’ and all this.
“Cork is a small place, you know where they are!
“I don’t mind them having a drink, but like, you know on a Tuesday night when we were training, you know if fellas aren’t putting it in or they’re not fit.
“If they’re not fit I put them with Phil Harrington and he gets them fit within a week because Phil was a great trainer.
“So look, that’s the way it is and I enjoyed that, I enjoyed that camaraderie in the dressing room and we had to have that.
“If you hadn’t had the players going out onto the pitch, if we weren’t all in tune with one another — and as a manager, if they weren’t in tune with me you’d get nowhere.”
Barry, a fierce advocate for Cork and the LOI, is the fourth guest on the Irish Sun’s This Is Your LOIfe podcast.
He told how he once shot down Jack Charlton when the then Ireland manager offered to come and watch more League of Ireland football.
Barry, now 63, was seething that Ireland under-21 boss at the time, Jack’s assistant Maurice Setters had announced that if a player wasn’t playing in England he wouldn’t be selected.
The Cork-born midfielder had later been picked to play in a Republic of Ireland B match with fellow LOI stars Pat Fenlon and Gino Lawless against Manchester United in 1991 in Lansdowne Road.
And despite reservations from Big Jack, he was subbed on at half-time.
Barry said: “The place was packed with Man United supporters.
“It was Schmeichel in goal, Denis Irwin was there. Mark Hughes, Andriy Kanchelskis, what a team they had.
“Gino was starting and me and Pat Fenlon we were on the bench.
“So at half time we needed somebody wide on the right.
“Jack looked at me and he wasn’t a bit impressed.
“And next he looked at Pat and Pat is slight and he looks nippy. And Jack asked Pat can you play on the wing?
“And Pat Fenlon said no I can’t, I’m a centre midfield player. And he looked me up and down and I was standing up looking at him.
“The next he goes ‘you don’t look like a winger son’. I said we’ll give it a go anyway.
“So I went wide right who was wide on the left? Giggs. So Giggs was playing and I did well.
“I did really well actually in that game but I had no inhibitions. I was out there playing against big crowds all the time.”
Barry got plenty of pats on the back afterwards from senior players, and even Jack was converted.
“Drinking that time, it was part of the culture, you know. You got on the bus, you had a six-pack on your lap and you’re talking about scoring a goal or taking a goal off the line.”
Dave Barry
He told podcast host Neil O’Riordan: “I came back in and Kevin Moran came up to me and a couple of senior players came up and said ‘well done you did well’.
“And Jack came up to me and he says ‘well done son’. He says ‘you know you did very well and I should look at more League of Ireland games’.”
Barry, still fuming at the Setters under-21s League of Ireland snub, was having none of it.
He said: “And I says ‘Jack, if we were any good we’d be in England.’
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Barry, who won a league title as a player with Cork City in 1993 and the FAI Cup as manager in 1998, also stunned the home fans in Galatasaray’s intimidating Ali Sami Yen Stadium when he scored in the first-round of the Champions League.
After eventually knocking City out of the tournament following a 1-0 in Turner’s Cross, the Turkish champs next played Manchester United in the infamous “welcome to Hell” match where Eric Cantona was attacked.
Recalling the atmosphere inside the cauldron, he said: “In the dressing room we hear this kind of droning like.
“Being a plumber I was thinking that boiler is making a lot of noise, I might come over here and get a bit of work.”
With Cork trailing 2-0, Barry scored on the 62nd minute and the atmosphere quckly turned sour.
He said: “Walking down the steps and there was riot police with their shields and batons.
“And Fergie O’Donoghue got a kick up the arse from one of the one of the stewards.
“Fergie was going to put his hand on him and I think it was Tony Sullivan grabbed him.
“I always tell people, out in Istanbul that’s where Cantona got the baton, we were saying to Fergie look the fella who kicked you up the arse went on to baton Cantona.”
MICAH RICHARDS apologised to IShowSpeed after he was DENIED entry by security after being invited on to the CBS Sports show.
The American streamer was in London when he was told to come into the studio by pundit Richards.
But footage showed Speed – real name Darren Jason Watkins Jr – being denied access by the show’s security.
So Richards said live on air: “I would like to apologise to IShowSpeed. I’ve been DMing him and he said he wanted to come on the show.
“And he came yesterday but his access got denied. I didn’t know he was coming yesterday!
“The legend that he is IShowSpeed couldn’t get through the doors. Rejection.
“But what I would like to do, what I would like to do, IShowSpeed we would like you to come tonight we’re here till 11pm, Kate, is that right?
“We could have a bit of fun. London time of course, we could have a little bit of fun with Thierry and Jamie.”
Speed – an avid Cristiano Ronaldo fan – was not able to take up Richard’s last-minute invite.
The American social media star recently played against Richards’ CBS colleague Thierry Henry in a charity game in Qatar in February.
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And Speed claimed Henry’s former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was faster than the Gunners legend.
Speed, 20, said to Henry: “I was talking to your manager and he said you were faster than me [in your prime].”
Henry, 47, replied: “Oh yes, maybe. With the ball, for sure,’ said Henry. ‘(Without the ball), I’m not too sure. Check the videos!”
The Premier League winner then invited Speed onto the show but he later told Kate Scott, formerly Abdo: “I didn’t! I stay in my lane. I just pass on the message.”
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