Northern Ireland

Man who got 12-year-old girl pregnant ‘faces jail'

Conaire Adams-Whyte arriving at court in Belfast. Picture by Justin Kernoghan, Photopress
Conaire Adams-Whyte arriving at court in Belfast. Picture by Justin Kernoghan, Photopress Conaire Adams-Whyte arriving at court in Belfast. Picture by Justin Kernoghan, Photopress

A WEST Belfast man who raped a 12-year-old girl and got her pregnant has been warned he faces jail in the new year.

Releasing Conaire Adams-Whyte on continuing bail yesterday, Judge Patricia Smyth told him she will impose a custodial sentence when he is sentenced next month.

Adams-Whyte (20), from Crocus Street off Springfield Road, pleaded guilty at Belfast Crown Court to raping the schoolgirl in the bedroom of his home on a date between June 30, 2015 and August 1, 2015.

Police were told in September 29 last year that a 12-year-old girl was pregnant.

The baby boy was born in April and a DNA sample was taken from the child which was a match to the defendant.