The Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed a Co Donegal man’s appeal against his conviction for sexually abusing three 13-year-old girls in his daughter’s bed while they were on sleepovers at his house.
Martin McCurdy (45) was jailed for 7½ years.
McCurdy, Emmet Park, Castlefinn, Co Donegal, had pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexually assaulting the then 13-year-old girls between February 2006 and January 2007 in his home.
Yesterday, the three-judge appeal court, with Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman presiding, said it was satisfied the trial judge had not erred in his charge to the jury concerning corroboration.
McCurdy’s appeal against the length of sentence will be heard later.
