Life terms for rape of mother, daughter

A convicted paedophile has been given eight concurrent life sentences for raping his girlfriend before breaking into her mother’s house and raping her three days later.

The mother, aged 60 at the time, was rescued when her daughter heard the rape taking place in the background of a voicemail.

At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said the offences fell into the “wholly exceptional” category of rape offences which deserved a life sentence. He imposed eight life terms for the various offences, which will run concurrently.