Man sentenced to 10 years for raping sisters

A Kildare man has been jailed for 10 years today by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court for the rape of his two younger sisters more than 40 years ago, which left one of the women suicidal.

The 62-year-old man pleaded guilty to five sample charges of raping the older sister and seven charges of raping the other woman at their Kildare family home on dates between June 1963 and January 1969.