Prosecutors want longer sentence for Fiona Doyle's rapist father

The new Court of Appeal will hear an application from prosecutors that the sentence handed down to the father of well-known abuse victim Fiona Doyle was unduly lenient.

Prosecutors want longer sentence for Fiona Doyle's rapist father

The new Court of Appeal will hear an application from prosecutors that the sentence handed down to the father of well-known abuse victim Fiona Doyle was unduly lenient.

Patrick O'Brien (aged 74) had pleaded guilty to 16 charges of rape and indecent assault at Mackintosh Park, Pottery Road in Dun Laoighaire from 1973 to 1982.

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