Man who preyed on daughter for own 'sexual gratification' jailed for seven years

Judge's gavel.

Declan Conlon and Mary McDonnell

A man who preyed on his daughter for his own “sexual gratification” has been jailed for seven years.

The 47-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the victim's identify, raped and molested the child between 2004 and 2008 when she was aged between six and ten years old.