Man gets 18 months for sexually abusing young step daughter

A 48-year-old man who sexually abused his step daughter at their home in Donnycarney in Dublin has been jailed for 18 months.

A man who sexually abused his stepdaughter when she was a young teenager has been jailed for 18 months.

Philip Dempsey (aged 48) pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to three counts of sexual assault at the family home on Collins Avenue West, Donnycarney between January 2000 and March 2003. He has no previous convictions.