Woman: Seven-year term for rapist father, 77, is good

A woman whose father raped and sexually abused her as a young girl has described his seven-year jail term as “a good outcome”.

Outside the Criminal Courts of Justice yesterday, Rita Broderick, 46, said the abuse had ruined her life. “I’m struggling with mental health problems,” she said. “I can’t work right now. He stole my childhood.”

Ms Broderick, who lives in Denver, Colorado, waived her right to anonymity so her father could be named.