A convicted rapist has succeeded in having his life sentence for the rape of his partner's daughter reduced at the Court of Criminal Appeal.
The Court of Criminal Appeal had already upheld 41-year-old Christopher Griffin's conviction but deemed the appropriate sentence for repeatedly raping and sexually abusing his partner's daughter was 15 years.
Griffin was a criminal gang leader at the time he abused his partner's daughter.
The abuse began when she was eight years old and continued for another eight years.
She reported the abuse to gardaí and in 2007, Griffin was sentenced to life in prison.
Griffin is a convicted armed robber and gunman. The gang split up following his conviction, which led to an ongoing feud that has so far resulted in five men being shot dead.
Shots were also fired into the victim's home.
The Court of Criminal Appeal ruled today that Griffin showed no remorse, there were no mitigating factors and no rehabilitation but substituted the life sentence and deemed the appropriate sentence for the rape and sexual abuse was 15 years.
