Kildare man sentenced to 11 years for abuse of nephew over seven-year period

A Kildare man has been sentenced to 11 years for the sexual abuse and rape of his nephew in the 1980s.

Terrence Hamilton (aged 58) pleaded guilty after being arrested in 2010 when the victim came forward. The court heard his nephew has had a hugely difficult life since the abuse and lived in constant fear as a child.