12 years for raping partner’s daughter

A Dublin man has received a 12-year sentence, with the final two years suspended, for the repeated rape of his partner’s then 11-year-old daughter in her Galway home.

Henry Crowe, aged 57, of Blackditch Rd, Ballyfermot, pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to five sample charges of raping Majella Cahill between November 23, 1988 and December 31, 1992. She was aged between 11 and 15 years old at the time.

Ms Cahill waived her right to anonymity so that Crowe, who also has an address of Tirellan Heights, Galway City, could be named.