Man who raped sisters gets one year in jail

A CORKMAN who raped his two sisters more than 30 years ago has been given a four-year sentence with three years suspended by Mr Justice Paul Butler at the Central Criminal Court.

The 50-year-old man was found guilty by a jury in March on four counts — one each of rape and of indecent assault of each sister in Co Cork on dates in 1971 and 1972.

He had denied 30 charges at the start of his trial during which Mr Justice Butler withdrew four of them.