"Let me be clear, you did not win”: Brave victim addresses Limerick man who raped her as a child

A Limerick man has been jailed for 17 years after he raped a 13-year-old girl in a graveyard and continued a sexual relationship with her having manipulated her and isolated her from her friends.

Patrick O'Dea (51), also known as “Whacker”, of Pike Avenue, Limerick, pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial at the Central Criminal Court to charges of sexual assault and rape on dates in 1994 and 1995.