'I have lost so much,' says girl raped 64 times by her step-father who gets 12 years

A man who raped his step-daughter 64 times over a seven-year period has been sentenced to 12 years with the final two years suspended.

Keith Murphy (aged 41) now of Mulberry Heights, Fairfield Avenue, Farranree, Cork was convicted by a jury at the Central Criminal Court of 26 counts of sexual assault, two counts of attempted rape and 64 counts of raping the girl between May 2008 and November 2015. He had denied all the charges.