DPP fails to get term for incest increased

THE Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an application by the DPP to increase the three and a half year sentence imposed on a man who had sex with his teenage daughter on a regular basis.

Earlier this year the man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to six sample charges between October 2005 and January 2007.

He admitted two charges each of incest, rape and defilement of a child under 15 years of age. The abuse took place at the family home when the girl was aged between 12 and 14 years old.