Dad raped child's friend in the woods during game of hide and seek at sleepover

The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to eight sample counts. 21:42, Thu, Jul 30, 2026 Updated: 21:46, Thu, Jul 30, 2026 The Criminal Courts of Justice building in Dublin. (Image: Getty Images.)A man who drugged his daughter and her friends during a sleepover before raping one of her friends during a purported game of hide and seek in the woods has been jailed for 15 years and six months. The 47-year-old pleaded guilty to eight sample counts at the Central Criminal Court pertaining to five victims – his two teenage daughters, his younger daughter's two friends and a friend of his older girl.He admitted two counts of raping his younger daughter's 15-year-old friend and one count of sexually assaulting her, one count of child sexual exploitation by having sexual intercourse in front of another girl