Man gets 5 years for sex attacks on nieces

A 58-year-old Dublin man has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexually assaulting two of his nieces in 2007.

Man gets 5 years  for sex attacks on nieces

Father of four Denis Farrington, of Quickpenny Rd, Ballough, Lusk, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his older niece, now aged 39, at her Dublin home on Sept 16, 2007.

He pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting his younger niece, now aged 29, at her family home on the night Jun 15/16, 2007, by penetrating her vagina with his finger. However, he accepted a jury’s verdict of guilty following a trial earlier this year.

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