Rapist father "a highly manipulative person", appeal court finds

A County Mayo man convicted of raping his daughter over a sustained period has had his appeal against conviction dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The man, aged 47 at the time of sentencing, was found guilty at the Central Criminal Court in February 2018 of multiple counts including rape and sexual assault committed between 2006 and 2010, when the victim was between seven and eleven years old. He received a sentence…