Sisters raped by neighbour get €1m in damages
The man who raped the girls, who were 11 and 12 years of age at the time, was convicted and sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment in December 2003 after a second trial.
Each of the women is to receive a little more than €596,000 and the court was told more than €200,000 had been lodged in court by the defendant. Mr Justice Vivian Lavan ordered €100,000 be paid out to each of the plaintiffs.