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Father distraught to learn young daughter raped by convicted murderer housemate
Summary
In a Central Criminal Court hearing, a 17‑year‑old girl testified that her father had stopped visiting him after she was raped by his housemate, a 53‑year‑old Slovakian man convicted of one rape and 12 sexual assaults between September 2012 and September 2013. The girl, who was seven when the abuse began, had reported the abuse to her mother in 2019 and later to a guidance counsellor. She was interviewed by specialist Gardaí in December 2020, when she was 15, and described repeated inappropriate touching, the giving of chocolate Kinder Eggs, and a single rape after the man lured her into his room. She said the abuse ruined her childhood, caused anxiety, depression and self‑harm, and left her fearful of men. The court heard that the defendant denies wrongdoing, has a prior murder conviction from 2001, and has been in custody since July 2021.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Father distraught to learn young daughter raped by convicted murderer housemate. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- September 21, 2012 Incident
- September 6, 2013 Incident
- December 2020 Incident
- July 2021 Incident
- July 18 Adjournment
- 2023-06-28 Publication
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; Mr Coffey told the court that his instructions were that a man was stabbed during the course of a dispute and his client received a 13-year prison sentence, serving ten years.; Ms Justice O'Connor ordered a prison governor's report and adjourned the case to July 18 for finalisation.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
Topics
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