Dublin criminal Stephen 'Rossi' Walsh refused time extension to appeal rape conviction

Dublin criminal and serial child abuser Stephen "Rossi" Walsh has been refused an enlargement of time to appeal convictions for rape and defilement of a child.

Walsh (aged 69), formerly of Belgrave Road, Rathgar in Dublin, was given a 10-year sentence imposed by Mr Justice Paul Carney in February 2010 for raping a nine-year-old girl more than 20 years ago.