Court factors in daughter's "right to closure" in refusing rapist father more time to lodge appeal

The Court of Appeal in Dublin today dismissed an application by a 77-year-old Roscommon man to extend the time within which he could appeal his convictions for sexual abuse and rape. The man, a former professional soccer player, was convicted by Central Criminal Court jury in May 2011 on sixty counts of sexual abuse and fourteen counts of rape. The offences allegedly occurred between January 2002 and September 2006…