Man convicted of oral rape and sexual assault of daughter

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A man was convicted of oral rape and sexual assault at the Croke Park trial in Dublin, reported on 19 April 2021. The offences occurred during access visits in a Midlands home between 2000 and 2004, when the complainant was aged between four and eight. The man, who cannot be named to protect the complainant’s anonymity, was also accused of two child-neglect charges. A jury found him guilty of oral rape and sexual assault after a four-day trial. Justice David Keane remanded him in custody to appear for sentencing on May 17th.