Child rapist an "animal" who subjected victim to 12 years of "sexual and mental torture"

A man from Mayo has pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to twenty counts of child sexual abuse against a boy over a twelve-year period between 1997 and 2008, as well as eleven counts of rape against his own daughter between 2007 and 2009. The victim impact statements revealed the profound harm caused, with both complainants describing lasting psychological damage, including depression, self-harm, and…