Five years for abusing daughter

A man has been jailed for five years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne in consecutive sentences for sexually abusing his daughter over…

A man has been jailed for five years by Judge Elizabeth Dunne in consecutive sentences for sexually abusing his daughter over a 10-year period. The 51-year-old man pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to sexually assaulting his daughter on dates unknown between 1981 and 1991 at their home.

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