Appeal Court raises man's sentence saying original one did not 'come close to reflecting gravity' of raping six-year-old

A 76-year-old former farm labourer has had his jail term for brutally raping a six-year-old girl 40 years ago more than doubled by the Court of Appeal.

Dan Flynn, a Co. Tipperary resident, was 36 years old when he grabbed the six-year-old girl and threw her onto his bed, telling her “I have got you now.” He raped the child, forced his penis into her mouth, spat into her face and stepped over her as she lay on the ground.