Case No. 0862Oral rape, sexual assault, producing child pornography · 5 Mar 2023
Midlands father jailed for 11 years for sexually abusing eight-year-old daughter
A 33-year-old man from the Midlands was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in June 2026 for sexually abusing his eight-year-old daughter on 5 March 2023. His new girlfriend discovered two videos of the abuse on an old phone in August 2024, after which he fled to the UK and was later arrested under a European Arrest Warrant in August 2025. He pleaded guilty to ten charges comprising three counts of oral rape, five counts of sexual assault and two counts of producing child pornography. Judge Melanie Greally reduced a headline sentence of 15 years to 11 years, with five years' probation supervision and no contact with his daughter or her family upon release.
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- Sentenced8 Jun
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- The man was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for sexually abusing his eight-year-old daughter.
- His new girlfriend found two videos of the abuse on an old phone in August 2024, and he smashed the driver window and broke the phone over his leg when confronted at the bar where he was working.
- The couple had been together since they were young, had three children, and separated in 2020; the man stopped seeing the children from around mid-2023.
- The two videos showed the man abusing his daughter and giving her detailed instructions on how to perform sexual acts on him.
- Investigation
- Gardaí trawled CCTV footage and found the man hiding the broken phone in a hole in the wall.
- The man fled to the UK and was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant in August 2025 and returned to Ireland.
- Charges
- He pleaded guilty to ten charges comprising three counts of oral rape, five counts of sexual assault and two counts of producing child pornography on 5 March 2023.
- Sentence
- Judge Melanie Greally set a headline sentence of 15 years, reduced to 11 years taking into account mitigating factors.
- He was placed under the supervision of the Probation Service for five years upon release with no contact with his daughter or her family and no unsupervised access to any children.
- Other details
- He has six previous convictions including drugs and road traffic offences and has been assessed as being at an average risk of sexual re-offending.
- The now 11-year-old girl suffers from severe anxiety, panic attacks, sleepwalking, night terrors and periods of dissociation.
- The man is dyslexic, has ADHD, was bullied as a child, alleged he was sexually abused as a child, and maintained he has no recollection of the abuse due to his drug addiction.
18 statements extracted from the articles
- whatThe man was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for sexually abusing his eight-year-old daughter. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatHis new girlfriend found two videos of the man abusing his daughter on an old phone in August 2024. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe man smashed the driver window, grabbed the phone and broke it over his leg when confronted at the bar where he was working. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe couple had been together since they were young, had three children, and separated in 2020 after he was unfaithful. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe man stopped seeing the children from around the middle of 2023. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe girl started sleepwalking and was hospitalised for a panic attack around the time the man stopped seeing the children. (irishmirror.ie)
- whatThe two videos showed the man abusing his daughter and giving her detailed instructions on how to perform sexual acts on him. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationGardaí trawled CCTV footage and found the man hiding the broken phone in a hole in the wall. (irishmirror.ie)
- investigationThe man fled to the UK and a European Arrest Warrant was issued; he was arrested in August 2025 and returned to Ireland. (irishmirror.ie)
- chargeHe pleaded guilty to ten charges comprising three counts of oral rape, five counts of sexual assault and two counts of producing child pornography on 5 March 2023. (irishmirror.ie)
- sentenceJudge Melanie Greally set a headline sentence of 15 years, reduced to 11 years taking into account mitigating factors. (irishmirror.ie)
- sentenceHe was placed under the supervision of the Probation Service for five years upon release with no contact with his daughter or her family and no unsupervised access to any children. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherHe has six previous convictions including drugs and road traffic offences. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherHe has been assessed as being at an average risk of sexual re-offending. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe now 11-year-old girl suffers from severe anxiety, panic attacks, sleepwalking, night terrors and periods of dissociation. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe DPP placed the offending at the higher end of the scale, meriting a headline sentence of 15 years to life. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe man is dyslexic, has ADHD, was bullied as a child, and alleged he was sexually abused himself as a child. (irishmirror.ie)
- otherThe man maintained he has no recollection of abusing his daughter due to his drug addiction at the time. (irishmirror.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 8 Jun2026Father caught sexually abusing own daughter after new girlfriend finds videos
Sentencing details including Judge Melanie Greally's remarks on aggravating and mitigating factors, the headline sentence of 15 years reduced to 11, probation conditions, and the victim impact statement describing the child's ongoing trauma.
victim, 8, female, irish (judged from name)convicted, 33, male, irish (judged from name)