Father fails in bid to overturn conviction for abuse of daughter

A man from County Leitrim has failed in his appeal against a conviction for sexually assaulting his daughter at their family home. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal at a three-judge hearing, rejecting arguments that inconsistencies in the victim's evidence rendered the conviction unsafe. The appellant was convicted in September 2021 at Carrick-on-Shannon Circuit Criminal Court on one count of sexual assault…