Offaly farmer convicted of sexually assaulting niece

A Co Offaly farmer faces jail after being convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on nine charges of sexually assaulting his now 29-year-old niece more than a decade ago.

Offaly farmer convicted of sexually assaulting niece

A Co Offaly farmer faces jail after being convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court on nine charges of sexually assaulting his now 29-year-old niece more than a decade ago.

Mr Justice Peter Charleton remanded the 54-year-old man on continuing bail for sentence in January and said: "I would have to be thinking of a custodial sentence in view of the seriousness of the offences".

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