GALWAY FATHER TO BE SENTENCED FOR ABUSE OF DAUGHTERS

Date Published: 18-Jun-2012

A 74 year old terminally ill man is facing jail today for repeatedly abusing and raping his daughters in County Galway between 1977 and 1990.

The Central Criminal Court heard during the sentencing hearing that the abuse of the 5 girls has torn their family apart.

When reported to gardai in 2008 he denied the abuse as lies but later pleaded guilty.