Father and uncle sentenced to over 50 years in jail for 'depraved' abuse against children

A father and uncle have been jailed for a combined sentence of over 50 years for what was described in court as abuse of 'unprecedented depravity'.

The men, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in the dock together at Coleraine Crown Court (pictured above) this afternoon for sentencing after being convicted of abusing two children in the 1990s.

The men, both aged in their fifties, are the father and uncle of the children.

The father was sentenced to 28 years in prison, while the uncle was handed a sentence of 23 years.

Judge Gordon Kerr QC told the court that the offences against the daughter were of a 'level of depraved behaviour that was almost unprecedented'.