'I was scared, vulnerable,' Kerry woman tells brother who raped her six times as a child

The victim said: "I no longer want to be shackled by the chains of abuse and silence. I chose to be free."

Mr Justice McGrath said he would sentence the accused on April 17. File picture: Larry Cummins

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A young woman spoke of her terror as a nine-year-old girl at being raped by the older brother she loved and relied upon to protect her at their family home in Kerry.