Uncle who raped his niece is jailed

A man from Cavan has received a six-and-a-half-year prison sentence following his conviction for the rape of his teenage niece in the mid-1990s. The Central Criminal Court heard that the offences occurred in early 1997 when the victim was sixteen years old. The accused, now 49, pleaded guilty to rape, oral rape, and sexual assault committed at locations in County Cavan. During the proceedings, the victim described…