A 'deviant father figure' who sexually abused his granddaughter and his nephew as part of a 'campaign of rape' has been jailed for life.
A"deviant father figure" who sexually abused his granddaughter and his nephew as part of a"campaign of rape" has been jailed for life.
The man was also due to be sentenced last week but the court heard he was in hospital. He was found guilty of 24 charges including two charges of anally raping his granddaughter and 22 charges against his nephew - 12 charges of anal rape and 10 charges of oral rape. Sentencing the man today, Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said he was a"deviant father figure who abused and mistreated his wife and children, his grandchild and extended relatives"."He ruled his family and his extended family unit with an iron fist," she said."The fear they felt was secondary to the physical invasion he carried out on their young bodies."
She said the case"raises serious questions as to how these children were left in the so-called care" of the man and his wife, where they were sexually abused and raped."Home was often the side of the road." The man's granddaughter previously gave a victim impact statement, which was read out by Shane Costelloe SC, prosecuting. This woman was regularly abused by the 66-year-old man as well as two of her uncles.