A man convicted in February of sexually assaulting and raping his daughter in County Mayo between 2006 and 2010 has brought a motion before the Court of Appeal seeking to adduce new evidence. The Central Criminal Court had sentenced the 47-year-old to fifteen years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, after finding him guilty of multiple offences committed when the complainant was aged seven to eleven. At the Court of Appeal hearing, the accused's counsel submitted that the victim subsequently recanted her evidence, allegedly admitting she had told lies during trial. Evidence was heard from the man's former solicitor corroborating claims of such an admission. The victim was scheduled to give evidence via video link but had left the jurisdiction and would not be available for cross-examination. The three-judge court ordered her evidence to be heard on 11 January next. The defence challenged the trial judge's conduct, contending that the complainant received unfair preferential treatment. The hearing resumes before Mr Justice John Edwards, Ms Justice Máire Whelan and Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy.
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