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'House of Secrets': father gets 11 years for rape and abuse of daughter
Summary
A 65‑year‑old man from Co Cork was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for 71 counts of rape, oral rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of his daughter between 1988 and 1997. The Central Criminal Court found he abused her while she was aged seven to 17, manipulating her and favouring her over his other children, which caused a rift with her siblings. The abuse progressed from touching to rape and oral rape over a two‑to‑three‑year period in her teens, continuing until she turned 18 and left the family home. The judge described the abuse as an egregious breach of trust in a place that should have been safe. The victim, who did not realise the abuse was wrong until later, said her life was significantly affected and that her father had ruined her childhood. The defendant, who has serious health issues, will require medical support while in custody. The unnamed man was found guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'House of Secrets': father gets 11 years for rape and abuse of daughter. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- 1988 and 1997 Incident
- 2024-01-12 Publication
Why: For a long time, she did not know that what he was doing was wrong because she trusted him as her father. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; A man who repeatedly raped and sexually abused his daughter for a decade in an "egregious" breach of trust, causing her to grow up in a "house of secrets", has been jailed for 11 years.
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