Man (78) jailed for raping daughter in Mayo

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An unnamed 78-year-old man was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to five sample charges of carnal knowledge without consent at the Central Criminal Court, reported on 18 June 2018.

The offences occurred at the family home in Co Mayo between July 1973 and November 1974, when the victim was a child.

The sentence was backdated to May, with the judge citing the victim’s harm, the man’s age and serious health problems.