Garda Cleared of Rape Conviction, Found Guilty of Cruelty to Two Daughters.

A serving member of An Garda Síochána has been acquitted of raping his wife but convicted on four counts of child cruelty against his two daughters following a trial at the Central Criminal Court.

The 48-year-old defendant, who has been on suspension from the force since December 2024, was found not guilty of two counts of raping his then-wife in 2009 and 2021. The jury, which deliberated for more than nine hours, returned guilty verdicts on all four charges relating to his daughters.