2024-07-30
Munster Abuse Case: Father has jail term increased to life after State appeal
Stage: Appeal
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Quashing the father's original sentence and imposing a term of life imprisonment today, Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy said there was a "clear divergence" between the sentence imposed and that which ought to have been imposed. In January 2022, the victims' father (59), who was convicted of rape, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, and child cruelty, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Mr Justice Paul McDermott at the Central Criminal Court.