Daughter tells how mother has lost her 'spark' after 'monster' jailed for raping her in nursing home

The 52-year-old man pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to raping the woman in her room at 3am on the morning of April 3, 2020, at a Co. Dublin nursing home. 

The daughter of the woman told the court: "We will never forget how that man single-handedly destroyed our Mam's life." Picture: iStock

A healthcare assistant who raped a pensioner in her nursing home bed during the Covid-19 lock-down has been jailed for 11 years.

The woman's family described how they have been unable to comfort their mother by hugging her as they normally would since the rape in April.