'You will be heard,' says Cork woman as her brother is jailed for raping her as a child

After sentencing, Niamh Herbert said: 'To anyone who has been harmed by another person let me tell you that you are strong, – speak your truth, people will listen, people will support you and you will be believed.'

Niamh Herbert who was raped and abused by her brother, speaking to the media outside the Central Criminal Court after Emmett Baylor's sentencing in Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

A 47-year-old man who sexually abused and later raped his younger sister when he was aged between 12 and 16 was jailed for two-and-a-half years on Wednesday.

As Emmett Baylor was jailed, his sister Niamh Herbert encouraged people who were victims of such crimes to talk to the gardaí or, if they did not want to pursue the matter legally, to talk to a doctor or a counsellor or their local Rape Crisis Centre.