Uncle, 24, jailed for rape, sex assaults

A 24-year-old man man who raped and sexual assaulted his two nieces and his nephew has been jailed for eight years at the Central Criminal Court.

The man, who cannot be named to protect the victims’ anonymity, pleaded guilty to eight counts of rape and six counts of sexual assaults of the children at different places between 2004 and 2010. He no previous convictions. The victims were between four and 10 at the time.

Mr Justice Robert Eagar sentenced the man to eight years for the rape offences and a concurrent five-year term for sex assault offences.