Man charged with raping sisters has sentence halved on appeal

A Kildare man who pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping his two younger sisters over 40 years ago has succeeded in having nearly half of his prison term suspended on appeal.

The Court of Criminal Appeal today suspended the last four years of a ten year sentence which was handed down to the 63-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, by Mr Justice Paul Carney at the Central Criminal Court in October last year.