2016-05-09
NI man jailed for nine years for sexually abusing partner's daughter
Stage: Sentence
Finding: Convicted
Outcome: Convicted; Darren Davidson (37) was today jailed for nine years for abusing the girl from when she was aged between 13 and 16 years old while he lived in the family home in Monaghan. The woman added that when Davidson went to Australia she thought "the torture was never going to end." Noting the ongoing psychological effects, Mr Justice Robert Eagar said she "displays classic symptoms of being abused by someone they trust." He said that without any mitigating factors he would have imposed a 12 year sentence.