Mother jailed for 15 years for facilitating daughter’s rape and sexual assault

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A mother has been jailed for 15 years at the Central Criminal Court for facilitating the rape of her daughter by the child’s uncle. She was also sentenced to five years for each of two sexual-assault charges, with those terms to run concurrently. The 15-year sentence was backdated to July 2025.

She had faced 13 sexual-assault charges and one rape charge alleging that she facilitated the rape. She pleaded not guilty to the charges. The sexual assaults occurred between January and September 2001, while the rape occurred in March 2003. Ms Justice Eileen Creedon said the headline sentence was 16 years and described the offending as an abuse of trust of the most depraved nature.

The proceedings were reported on 26 January 2026. The mother maintained her innocence throughout and did not accept the jury’s verdict.