Jail for Tipperary man who began abusing niece around time of her Holy Communion

A Tipperary man who began sexually abusing his niece while she was in her First Holy Communion dress almost three decades ago has been jailed for 10 years for rape and indecent assault.

Jail for Tipperary man who began abusing niece around time of her Holy Communion

A Tipperary man who began sexually abusing his niece while she was in her First Holy Communion dress almost three decades ago has been jailed for 10 years for rape and indecent assault.

The Central Criminal Court heard the now 67-year-old man took his niece into a room after she had been twirling and admiring her dress and put his hand on her private area outside her underwear.

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