Rape victim sent message indicating she would "cancel charges", appeal court hears

A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter over a four-year period has appealed his conviction at the Court of Appeal, with proceedings centring on alleged manipulation of the victim following his trial. The 47-year-old was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment, with the final year suspended, after being found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in February 2018 of offences committed when the complainant…