Abuse victims: 'Shameful verdict sends all the wrong messages'

A group founded by victims of sexual abuse has said that yesterday’s verdict by Judge Carney in the case of a 72-year-old man convicted of raping his daughter for many years will send the wrong message to victims of abuse.

Patrick O'Brien from Old Court Avenue, Bray, Co Wicklow pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to 16 charges of the rape and indecent assault of Fiona Doyle at Mackintosh Park, Pottery Road, Dun Laoghaire from 1973 to 1982.