'He destroyed my whole life': Cork man who repeatedly raped his sister jailed for seven years

Nora Hegarty, 35, waived her right to anonymity because she wanted her brother to be identified for what he did to her for years in the family home in the Glanmire area in the 1990s when she was aged between nine and 12

Nora Hegarty was aged between nine and 12 at the time of the rapes and sexual assaults. Her brother was aged from 15 to 18. She is now 35. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The Cork man who repeatedly raped his own young sister stole her childhood and derailed her adulthood, the sentencing judge said as she jailed him for seven years.

John Paul Hegarty, 41, of Castleview, Little Island, Co Cork, was sentenced by Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork.