Lawyers for jailed father will seek to adduce new evidence that victim "recanted" rape accusation

A 47-year-old man from County Mayo, convicted in February 2018 of multiple sexual offences against his daughter, initiated proceedings in the Court of Appeal to challenge his conviction. He had been sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, following trial at the Central Criminal Court on charges of rape and sexual assault committed between 2006 and 2010 when the victim was aged seven…