Patrick O’Driscoll jailed for raping teenage daughter

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Patrick O’Driscoll was jailed for 10 years, with the final year suspended, at the Central Criminal Court on 17 January 2017 after his conviction for 61 counts of raping his teenage daughter. The offences occurred in Cork between 2008 and 2009, when she was aged between 16 and 17.

Mr Justice Paul Butler took account of O’Driscoll’s previously blameless life and imposed conditions on the suspended year, including a ban on contact with his daughter. O’Driscoll had denied the charges, but a jury found him guilty on all 61 counts.