Cork man found guilty of raping stepdaughter

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A Cork man who cannot be named for legal reasons was found guilty of all 92 counts against him at the Central Criminal Court. The proceedings were reported on 13 March 2017.

He had pleaded not guilty to 64 counts of rape, 26 counts of sexual assault and two counts of attempted rape. The charges concerned abuse between May 2008 and November 2015, when the girl was aged between nine and 16. Almost all of the offences took place in the family home in Cork.

The jury took just under four hours to return its guilty verdicts. The man was taken into custody and was due to be sentenced on 15 May. Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy thanked the jury for its service.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.