Girl, 5, led around on dog leash before rape
The child was subjected to shocking sexual abuse by her mother as well as by the neighbour from the age of five, Roscommon Circuit Criminal Court was told. Her father is to stand trial later this year on charges of sexually assaulting his daughter.
The neighbour was given an eight-year sentence last year after pleading guilty to the oral and vaginal rape of the child. That sentence is currently under appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
