A Clare man who sexually abused and raped his daughter over a 13-year period has been jailed for 11 and a half years.
The abuse took place at the family home at Lake View, Doonbeg, Co. Clare between 1977 and 1989 when she was aged between three and a half and 16. It included inappropriate touching, vaginal and oral rape, forced kissing, masturbation and digital penetration of her vagina. Imposing sentence, Ms Justice Lankford noted the prolonged period of abuse, the “enormous” breach of trust, and the age disparity. She said the offending occurred in the victim's family home, where “she was entitled to feel safe” and the abuse occurred at the “hands of someone who had a duty to protect and nurture her”.
On Friday, defence counsel repeated the application for reporting restrictions to be extended and suggested that naming Honan would have a “detrimental effect” on the wider family, particularly “his grandchildren”, as the family reside in a rural area. She said her father brought her upstairs while her mother was out and put her hand on his penis. He then undressed her and bounced her on top of him, during which he raped her.
Honan often abused his daughter on Saturday evenings while her mother was at work. The court heard that the abuse would involve either rape or oral sex. A victim impact statement was read to the court by Mr Kelly. Ms Honan said her father “stole” her childhood and she wonders what life might have been like if she had grown up in “a normal household”.
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