Convicted sex offender to be sentenced for sexual abuse of four nieces

A man from Legan, County Longford, has been remanded in custody pending sentencing at the Central Criminal Court for the sexual abuse of four nieces over a decade. The 49-year-old pleaded guilty in January to seven charges, including three counts of anal rape and one count of sexual assault. The offences occurred between 2001 and 2010, when the victims were aged between seven and sixteen years old. The defendant has…