Judge: Sex offenders 'aren't allowed chance of rehabilitation'

Sex offenders weren't allowed a chance of rehabilitation by society "whipped on by the tabloid media", Mr Justice Paul Carney said when he jailed a man for seven years for orally raping his stepdaughter.

The now 50-year-old man was convicted of the offence in July by a jury at the Central Criminal Court after he pleaded guilty to eight other charges of sexually assaulting her on dates from 1997 to 2004 at various south county addresses.