Barman jailed for seven years for rape and assault of girls

A Mayo barman who carried out increasingly depraved rapes and sexual assaults against two girls aged eight and nine has been jailed for seven years at the Central Criminal Court.

Kevin Owen McDonnell, (aged 39), of Adhann Or, Bangor Erris, Ballina had pleaded not guilty to 16 counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of oral rape against one girl; and 14 counts of sexual assault, 13 counts of oral rape and one count of anal rape against the second child on dates between June 1999 and September 2000.