Man gets 16 years for raping six-month-old baby

The judge handed down a sentence of 18 years but suspended the final two years on a number of conditions. File photo

A father-of-five who raped his partner's six-month-old baby niece and subjected her to a “violent and degrading sexual assault” has been jailed for 16 years.

The 59-year-old Tipperary man recorded himself abusing the baby and also secretly recorded four other girls when they used the bathroom.