Rape victim molested his niece, 5, when she was afraid of dark

A man who was raped and sexually assaulted along with his teenage brother has pleaded guilty to molesting his niece.

The 21-year-old Dubliner, who cannot be named, fondled the five-year-old girl on occasions when she would go into his bed at night because she was afraid of the dark and of ghosts.

He pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of sexually assaulting the child in Dublin on dates between April and November 2011.