The 39-year-old will serve a further year on probation after he was sentenced on Friday.
A former youth development worker has been jailed for sexually abusing his two nieces when they were children.
The crimes took place over a six-year period between December 2002 and September 2008, when one of the victims was aged between seven and 11 and her sister aged between two and eight.At Belfast Crown Court on Friday his victims clapped and cheered as the sentence was handed down.Judge Geoffrey Miller QC told the court of the defendant's lack of remorse and of the impact his actions have had on his nieces.
"The impact continues, unabated by the passing years. Each speak of a betrayal of security which they, as children, had the right to expect. Judge Miller said he had a "chaotic and troubled" childhood which included emotional abuse and periods in care.
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