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'Abhorrent and depraved': 18 years for man who repeatedly raped young daughter and subjected partner to horrific attack
Summary
A 44‑year‑old Dublin man was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for a series of sexual offences against his daughter, aged five to eight during 2020‑2022, and for a prolonged assault on his former partner on 28 September 2023. The court found him guilty of five counts of sexual assault, four counts of rape, one count of exposing the child to pornography, one count of false imprisonment of the partner and one count of threatening to kill her. He pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to the partner. The judge imposed six years for the partner's offences and 13 years for the child's offences, to run consecutively, suspending the final year on conditions including probation supervision for three years. The sentence reflected the domestic violence provisions and the severe impact on the victimised daughter, who remains a child. The man continues to deny the charges.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: 'Abhorrent and depraved': 18 years for man who repeatedly raped young daughter and subjected partner to horrific attack. Charges or matters: one count of assault causing harm to his former partner in relation to this incident. Procedural stage: sentence. Findings: Found guilty
When:
- February 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
- February 2022 Hearing Or Sentence
- September 28, 2023 Incident
- December 2024 Incident
- 2025-10-21 Publication
Why: "So I'm a bit confused because he did lie and he did hurt me. CNI source report
Case subjects
Convicted Person
Charges: one count of assault causing harm to his former partner in relation to this incident (Proven)
Plea: Guilty
Finding: Found guilty
Outcome: Found guilty; A man who repeatedly raped his young daughter and subjected his former partner to a "prolonged, horrific and cruel attack" in which she thought she was going to be murdered has been jailed for 18 years. The 44-year-old Dublin man, who cannot be named to protect the anonymity of his victims, engaged in a deliberate and calculated campaign of sexual abuse of his daughter, who was aged between five and eight at the time, Mr Justice Paul Burns said as he sentenced the man today. "The nature of the offending was abhorrent and depraved," Mr Justice Burns said of the sexual abuse, noting the effects it has had on the man's daughter, who is still a child.
Places mentioned
- Central Criminal Court
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