A north Dublin widower who said he felt like committing suicide after incest with his teenage daughter was jailed for five years by the Central Criminal Court yesterday.
The man, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to five charges of sexually assaulting the girl between September 1992 and January 1995, and to having unlawful carnal knowledge of her on a date from September 1st to October 5th, 1993. Mr Justice Carney noted that the 53-year-old man had shown remorse and pleaded guilty to charges representing 18 counts of unlawful carnal knowledge and 29 of indecent assault on the girl.