Drama teacher rejects conviction for raping girl who said she got 'a life sentence at the age of six'

A drama teacher who raped a student when she was around seven years old has been jailed for 10 years.

Kevin Carroll (aged 56) raped the girl in an Offaly school when he held her back after drama class nearly 20 years ago. The victim gave evidence that after the incident a woman at the school told her not to upset her mother by telling her about the rape.