Father faces 90 charges of sex abuse

A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man accused of sexually abusing his four children over seven years.

A book of evidence was served yesterday on a man accused of sexually abusing his four children over seven years.

The 62-year-old man, who cannot be named, faces 90 charges of rape, buggery and sexual assault on two boys and two girls in the 1970s and early 1980s. He was extradited from England on the charges.

At Dublin District Court he was remanded in continuing custody for a week to allow Judge Patrick Brady to read the two volumes of evidence.

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