Mother gets 14 years for sex abuse of daughter

A mother who used her young daughter for sexual exploitation has been given a 14-year sentence.

Yesterday, the 47-year-old west of Ireland woman, who cannot be named, received concurrent seven- and five- year sentences respectively for sexually assaulting and mistreating the girl.

The offences took place at the family home between 2004 and 2008, when the girl was aged between five and nine. Evidence at a previous sitting of Roscommon Circuit Court revealed that the mother did not intervene while the girl was led around in a dog lead by a neighbour before being raped.