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Case No. 0862Oral rape, sexual assault, producing child pornography · 5 Mar 2023

Midlands man jailed for oral rape and sexual assault of daughter

A 33-year-old Midlands man was sentenced to 11 years in prison at the Central Criminal Court in June 2026 for the sexual abuse of his eight-year-old daughter on 5 March 2023. The offences were discovered in August 2024 when his new girlfriend found two videos of the abuse on an old phone, after which he fled to the UK and was arrested in August 2025 under a European Arrest Warrant. He pleaded guilty to ten charges comprising three counts of oral rape, five counts of sexual assault and two counts of producing child pornography. The judge set a headline sentence of 15 years, reduced to 11 years, with five years of supervised probation and no contact with the child or her family.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In courtnot reported
  5. Verdictnot reported
  6. Sentenced8 Jun
    2 reports
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
  • A 33-year-old Midlands man was sentenced to 11 years for the sexual abuse of his eight-year-old daughter.
  • The abuse was filmed on two videos made on the same day.
Where
The case was heard at the Central Criminal Court.
When
  • The offences occurred on 5 March 2023.
  • His new girlfriend found the two videos on an old phone in August 2024 and confronted him at a bar where he was working.
Investigation
  • He fled to the UK after the videos came to light and was arrested in August 2025 under a European Arrest Warrant.
  • He smashed the driver window, grabbed the phone and broke it over his leg, and was seen on CCTV hiding the broken phone in a hole in the wall.
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.
Sentence
  • The judge set a headline sentence of 15 years and reduced it to 11 years for mitigating factors.
  • He will be supervised by the Probation Service for five years after release with no contact with his daughter or her family.
Other details
  • He has six previous convictions including drugs and road traffic offences.
  • The victim now has severe anxiety, panic attacks, sleepwalking and night terrors.
32 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA man was jailed for 11 years for the sexual abuse of his eight-year-old daughter. (longfordleader.ie)
  • whatThe man was 33 years old and from the Midlands (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe victim was eight years old at the time of the offences (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe man smashed the car window and broke the phone over his leg (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe man fled to the UK after the videos were discovered (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe man has six previous convictions including drugs and road traffic offences (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe couple separated in 2020 after the man was unfaithful (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe man stopped seeing the children around the middle of 2023 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whatThe girl started sleepwalking and was hospitalised for a panic attack (irishmirror.ie)
  • whereThe case was heard at the Central Criminal Court. (longfordleader.ie)
  • whereThe man was confronted at a bar where he was working (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe man's new girlfriend found two videos of the abuse on an old phone in August 2024 (irishmirror.ie)
  • whenThe offences occurred on March 5, 2023 (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationHis new girlfriend found two videos of the abuse on an old phone in August 2024 and confronted him. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationHe fled to the UK after the videos came to light and was arrested in August 2025 under a European Arrest Warrant. (longfordleader.ie)
  • investigationGardai trawled CCTV footage and found the man hiding the broken phone in a hole in the wall (irishmirror.ie)
  • investigationA European Arrest Warrant was issued and the man was arrested in August 2025 and returned to Ireland (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeHe pleaded guilty to ten charges. (longfordleader.ie)
  • chargeThe man pleaded guilty to ten charges in January 2026 (irishmirror.ie)
  • chargeThe charges comprised three counts of oral rape, five counts of sexual assault and two counts of producing child pornography (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe judge set a headline sentence of 15 years and reduced it to 11 years for mitigating factors. (longfordleader.ie)
  • sentenceHe will be supervised by the Probation Service for five years after his release. (longfordleader.ie)
  • sentenceHe is not to have contact with his daughter or her family during the supervision period. (longfordleader.ie)
  • sentenceThe man was jailed for 11 years (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe headline sentence of 15 years was reduced to 11 years (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe man was placed under Probation Service supervision for five years upon release (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe man was ordered to have no contact with his daughter or her family and no unsupervised access to any children (irishmirror.ie)
  • sentenceThe man was ordered to engage in a sex offender programme if deemed suitable (irishmirror.ie)
  • otherThe judge said that recording the acts and saving them on his phone was an aggravating factor. (longfordleader.ie)
  • otherHe was assessed as being at an average risk of sexual re-offending. (longfordleader.ie)
  • otherThe victim now has severe anxiety, panic attacks, sleepwalking and night terrors. (longfordleader.ie)
  • otherThe man denied having a sexual interest in children. (longfordleader.ie)

The reporting

newest first
  1. 8 Jun2026
    Sentencedirishmirror.ie, its first report
    Father 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.

    convicted, 33, male, irish (judged from name)victim, 8, female, irish (judged from name)
  2. 8 Jun2026
    Sentencedlongfordleader.ie, first report
    ‘Horrendous violations’: Midlands man jailed for 'depraved' sexual abuse of daughter

    Sentencing report at the Central Criminal Court. Gives the sentence (11 years from a 15-year headline), the guilty pleas to ten charges, the discovery in August 2024, the arrest in August 2025, and the victim impact.

    convicted, 33, malevictim, 8, female