Patrick O'Brien sentenced to 12 years for rape and indecent assault

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Patrick O'Brien was sentenced to 12 years, with three suspended, for rape at the Court of Appeal, reported on 26 January 2015.

He had pleaded guilty to 16 sample counts involving rape and indecent assault of his daughter.

The offences occurred at Mackintosh Park, Pottery Road, Dún Laoghaire, during the 1970s and 1980s.

The appeal court held that his original sentence was too lenient and changed the suspended period from nine years to three.