51-year-old man jailed for rape and sexual assault

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An unnamed 51-year-old man was jailed for 12 years for oral rape and sexual assault at the Central Criminal Court; the report was published on 14 October 2024. The report says the judge imposed concurrent sentences totalling 12 years.

The man was convicted of five counts of oral rape and 12 counts of sexual assault against his daughter, who was aged 10 to 14 during the abuse from 2010 to 2015. He had no prior convictions. The court imposed the sentences after a jury trial.

The judge set headline sentences of 13 years for the rapes and nine years for the sexual assaults, citing the offences’ nature, breach of trust, duration and the man’s relationship to the victim. She said there was little mitigation and no remorse or empathy.