Ireland Named in reporting
Edward Molyneaux
Born between February 1942 and February 1943, from the ages reported. 5 reports across 1 case, 14 Feb 2025 to 14 Feb 2025
Key facts
from every report naming them- Named as
- Convicted
- Born
- Between February 1942 and February 1943, from the ages reported
- Offences
- Rape, Indecent assault, Assault occasioning actual bodily harm
- Where
- Co. Kerry
- Reporting
- 5 reports, 14 Feb 2025 to 14 Feb 2025
- Outlets
- thejournal.ie, corkbeo.ie, irishmirror.ie, irishtimes.com, rte.ie
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Cases
latest first- Kerry man sentenced to 15 years for rape of daughter Rape · Co. Kerry
Edward Molyneaux, an 82-year-old man from Kilshenane, Listowel, Co Kerry, was convicted of 61 counts of rape, three counts of indecent assault and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his daughter Marie Murphy, a 59-year-old woman. The abuse took place between 1979 and 1987 in the family home and surrounding fields, ditches, lanes and a shed in Kilshenane. Molyneaux was arrested in February 2023, pleaded not guilty despite admitting the abuse to Gardaí, and was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. On 14 February 2025, Ms Justice Siobhán Lankford sentenced him to 15 years' imprisonment and placed him on the Sex Offenders' Register for life.
Sentenced, 14 Feb 2025Convicted · 5 reports
Timeline
every report naming Edward Molyneaux, newest firstEach entry shows how that report described them.
- 14 Feb202582-year-old father jailed for 15 years for rape of teenage daughterconvicted, Edward Molyneaux, 82, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Molyneaux
- 14 Feb2025Monster who raped his own daughter jailed for fifteen years at Cork courtconvicted, Edward Molyneaux, 82, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Molyneaux
- 14 Feb2025Man jailed for 15 years for raping daughter on weekly basis for about 10 yearsconvicted, Edward Molyneaux, 82, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Molyneaux
- 14 Feb2025‘It’s your shame’: Woman tells court she came to think being raped by her father was ‘the norm’convicted, Edward Molyneaux, 82, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Molyneaux
- 14 Feb2025Kerry man, 82, jailed for 15 years for rape of daughterconvicted, Edward Molyneaux, 82, male, named, irish (judged from name)Edward Molyneaux
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