{"id":8886,"date":"2019-08-16T08:58:25","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T12:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8886"},"modified":"2019-08-17T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T15:00:05","slug":"convicted-sex-offender-tom-humphries-released-from-jail-after-22-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8886","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Sex Offender Tom Humphries Released From Jail After 22 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/tom_humphries.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/tom_humphries.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/tom_humphries-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Convicted sex offender Tom Humphries has been released from prison.<\/p>\n<p>The former sports journalist was released this morning, 22 and a half months into a two and a half year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2017, Humphries was jailed for two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to grooming and sexually abusing a girl.<\/p>\n<p>The former sports journalist was 45 when he first made contact with the girl, who was just 14.<\/p>\n<p>Their text conversations became explicit over time and after two years of regular messaging, in which thousands of texts were sent, Humphries arranged to collect the teenager outside her school one day.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard he brought her back to his apartment in Santry where they engaged in certain sexual acts.<\/p>\n<p>Humphries served his time in the Midlands Prison in Portlaoise.<\/p>\n<p>His sentence was reduced by 25% due to good behavior, and the convicted sex offender was released this morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-8886\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8886&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-8886\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8886&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-8886\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8886&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=8886\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convicted sex offender Tom Humphries has been released from prison. The former sports journalist was released this morning, 22 and a half months into a two and a half year sentence. 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