"Depravity amounting to torture": Appeal Court finds eight-year sentence for raping neighbour's daughter too lenient

The Court of Appeal has determined that an eight-year prison sentence imposed on a Roscommon man convicted of raping his neighbour's daughter was unduly lenient. President of the Court of Appeal Mr Justice Seán Ryan delivered the decision on 1 December 2014, describing the offences as standing "on the most heinous level" and involving "depravity amounting to torture". The man had pleaded guilty to multiple counts of…