Rape victim sent message indicating she would "cancel charges", appeal court hears

A man convicted of raping his daughter between 2006 and 2010 in County Mayo and abroad has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal. The 47-year-old was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following his conviction at the Central Criminal Court in February 2018. The appeal centres on events after the trial, when the victim visited her father in prison and subsequently sent a…