Appeal court cuts child rapist's sentence

A 65-year-old man jailed for raping and sexually assaulting his niece for over a decade has had his 12-year sentence reduced by two years by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

Today, the three-judge CCA made the reduction after holding that sentencing Judge Mr Justice Paul Carney did not take into account Charlie Dunne's early admission of guilt before imposing a 12-year prison sentence.