Rapist jailed 10 years

A man who raped his 13-year-old nephew and eight-year-old niece over a period of four to five years until 2007 was today jailed 10 years.

The man also abused their five-year-old cousin.

The father of the raped brother and sister filed a police report when his daughter told a friend's mother what happened.

The man was diagnosed with clinical depression and had been admitted to Mount Carmel Mental Hospital in the 1970s. He was sexually abused when he was younger.

His identity and the locations where the sexual acts took place cannot be published by court order to protect the identity of the children.