Judge quashes rape indictment due to delay in complaint

The indictment against a Cork father who allegedly raped and sexually assaulted his daughter for a number of years has been quashed by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court on grounds of delay in bringing the complaint.

Mr Justice Carney said his examination of the evidence as "a single juror" brought him to the judgement that the indictment had to be quashed because there was no "situation of domination" that forced the now 37-year-old complainant's delay in claiming her father abused her.