Man released early from prison for killing ex is jailed for sexually abusing stepdaughter in Cork

He had continually beat and twice raped his 12-year-old stepdaughter

He had served 10 years in his native country for killing his former girlfriend and was released from prison on condition that he not leave his home country until January 2022. He came to County Cork in 2019, so breaking his bail condition. File photo

A man who strangled an ex-girlfriend to death in his native country has been given a 15-year sentence for continually beating and twice raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter.

The 32-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, had pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to a number of charges of child cruelty which involved the assault of a child, assault causing harm, sexual assault and rape on dates between September 2019 and May 2020.