Man faces sentencing for sexual abuse of three daughters

A man who admitted 21 years ago to sexually abusing three of his daughters has not been prosecuted until now because some of the family allegedly forced a victim to retract her allegations, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Man faces sentencing for sexual abuse of three daughters

A man who admitted 21 years ago to sexually abusing three of his daughters has not been prosecuted until now because some of the family allegedly forced a victim to retract her allegations, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

Francis Duffy (aged 73), a former army sergeant and father of 12, will be sentenced next week by Mr Justice Paul Carney after admitting to sexually assaulting three of his daughter over a period of eleven years.

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