A 61-year-old Wexford woman offered an apology in the Circuit Court for allowing her daughter to be preyed on by her husband when she was still a child.
The charges arose from the woman's failure to prevent what was happening under her roof two decades ago.
The apology could not head off a prison sentence for the defendant, however, who pleaded guilty to child cruelty and wilful neglect.
The complainant, who was present for the sentencing hearing in Wexford, reckoned that her step-father first had sexual intercourse with her some time after her 12th birthday.
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