Five-year-old girl sexually abused by mother, father and neighbour

The Court of Appeal has found that an eight-year prison sentence imposed on a man for raping his neighbours' daughter was too lenient.

Five-year-old girl sexually abused by mother, father and neighbour

The Court of Appeal has found that an eight-year prison sentence imposed on a man for raping his neighbours' daughter was too lenient.

In its decision delivered today, President of the Court of Appeal Mr Justice Seán Ryan said the man's crimes stood “on the most heinous level” of offending which involved “depravity amounting to torture”.

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