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Serial child rapist O'Brien begins jail sentence

Mr Justice Paul Carney has revoked bail in the case of 72-year-old child rapist Patrick O'Brien, who abused his daughter for a decade.

Serial child rapist O'Brien begins jail sentence

Thu, 24 Jan, 2013 - 11:38

Mr Justice Paul Carney has revoked bail in the case of 72-year-old child rapist Patrick O'Brien, who abused his daughter for a decade.

The sentencing judge has admitted he was wrong and insensitive to let O'Brien walk free from Dublin’s Central Criminal Court on Monday.

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