A 51-year-old Dublin father has been convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter over a two-year period.
Mr Justice O'Sullivan remanded him in custody for sentence on October 8th. The jury returned guilty verdicts on each of the seven charges. The defendant was found guilty of one charge of raping the woman, now 20, two of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under the age of 15, and three of indecent assault arising out of oral sexual acts.
He was found guilty of one further indecent assault charge. All the offences happened on dates between September 1st, 1985, and September 21st, 1987, on a west Dublin estate. The man had pleaded not guilty and denied his daughter's allegations that he raped and sexually assaulted her almost on a daily basis.