Roscommon 'house of horrors' father loses bid to overturn conviction

The father from the Roscommon "house of horrors" case ought to have had a greater proportion of his 14-year prison sentence suspended, the Court of Appeal has found, in reference to cases of broadly similar seriousness.

The 57-year-old man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty to 47 counts of rape and sexual assault committed against his son when the boy was aged between 12 and 15 years old at their home in Co Roscommon over a three year period to 2004.