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Convicted abuser sentenced for rape of niece in Connemara
Galway bay fm newsroom -A convicted child abuser has been sentenced to eight years for raping his 10-year-old niece in Galway two decades ago.
The man, who can’t be named for legal reasons, had pleaded not guilty to the rape of the now 29-year-old in Connemara but was convicted by a jury following his trial last July.
The 64-year-old also denied three charges of sexually assaulting the same female.
The alleged offences took place in west Galway, in the first week of August 1993.