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Tue 03 Mar 2007Rape sentence appeal dismissedThe Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a Cork man against his conviction and 10- year sentence for raping and indecently assaulting his then girlfriend's daughter in the 1980s.Nicholas Tobin (49), Russell Heights, Cobh, had appealed against his conviction, secured after a retrial, on 10 charges in relation to the now 33-year- old woman. She was aged 12-15 years when the offences occurred.