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Gavin O'Callaghan

Evil dad who raped daughter for ten years released from Dublin prison

Evil dad Patrick O'Brien has been freed following six years locked up for raping his daughter.

Brave victim Fiona Doyle, who waived her right to anonymity so O'Brien could be named, suffered for a decade at the paedophile's cruel hands before he was eventually slapped with a nine year sentence in 2013.

The 78-year-old beast left Arbour Hill on Thursday having only served six years of his sentence leaving Fiona distraught as she had hoped he would die in prison.

O'Brien was found guilty of a series of awful attacks in their Dun Laoghaire home starting in 1973 up until 1982.

Fiona's mother Breda was also arrested and set to be charged for letting the abuse happen but died of lung cancer in 2016.

Patrick O'Brien with his wife Breda (Collins Courts)

The courageous campaigner previously told Dublin Live she fears not being there to witness her father's funeral as he'll no longer being monitored by officials who used to update her on his health.

Fiona says she won't see full closure until she witnesses O'Brien being put in the ground.

She said: "I'm being told if anything happens to Patrick in prison. But when he dies now I might not know and might not see him put in the ground.

Fiona Doyle (L) and Patrick O'Brien (Collins)

"There's so much in the system that can be improved for victims.

"He's not even out on licence, he's a free man and can do what he wants.

"I find it upsetting. I worry that him being out means I won't find out, I never found out about my Mum's death and I didn't get that closure."

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