Corkman to be sentenced later for the repeated rape and abuse of his granddaughter

The now-grown-up granddaughter described herself as a 'survivor' of the 'vicious crimes at the hand of my grandfather'

The 71-year old man appeared at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin on Monday after being found guilty of 28 counts—including rape, oral rape and anal rape—along with 19 counts of sexual assault against his granddaughter between 2008 and 2012. File picture

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A Corkman who sexually assaulted his granddaughter for the first time before her First Holy Communion will be sentenced next week.