The barrister for a man who was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter has told a court that his client does not accept the jury’s verdict and maintains his innocence. The court heard the man anally raped his daughter after she complained about how she looked in her school photograph and on another occasion after she attempted suicide. Denied everythingThe man, who had a problem with alcohol and was intoxicated when he committed these offences, denied everything when he was arrested by gardaí. The garda agreed with counsel that the man raped his daughter in 2006 following a bereavement and he was intoxicated at the time. Michael P O’Higgins SC, defending, said his client does not accept the jury’s verdict and he maintains his innocence.

Source: The Irish Times April 16, 2018 15:22 UTC