Cork man loses appeal over 12-year rape sentence

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A Cork man’s appeal against a 12-year rape sentence was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 15 May 2018, with two years of his 14-year sentence suspended. The offending occurred in Cork between 1974 and 1979.

The man had pleaded guilty to 18 counts of raping and sexually abusing his step-daughter, who was aged between 11 and 16 during the offending. The Court of Appeal found that the sentence was within the sentencing judge’s range and that the discounts for his guilty plea, remorse, age and ill health were adequate.

The man cannot be named for legal reasons. The court dismissed all grounds of appeal against the sentence.