Kerry man (82) jailed for raping his teenage daughter almost weekly

An 82-year-old man who raped his daughter from the age of 12 until she was in her early 20s has been jailed for 15 years for putting her through a “sustained campaign of sexual abuse” and “degradation.”

Edward Molyneaux, of Kilshenane, Listowel, Co Kerry, was last month found guilty by unanimous verdict of more than 60 counts of raping and sexually assaulting his daughter.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork heard that in addition to the sexual abuse, the victim was beaten with a large leather strap and had a chair broken over her head when she was around 12 years old.

Even though the abuse was effectively admitted by Molyneaux when he was interviewed by gardaí, he pleaded not guilty to all of the charges he faced. The court heard he abused his daughter in ditches, fields and lanes when the foundation of their family home in Kilshenane was being built.

The victim in the case, Marie Murphy (59), waived her right to anonymity.

Ms Justice Siobhan Lankford said…

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