THE daughter of the Dublin taxi driver has told how his actions left her "broken" after he was convicted of the rape of two young women. Raymond Shorten , 50, of Melrose Crescent, Clondolkin, Dublin 22 was found guilty of two counts of rape and one of anal rape by a jury at the Central Criminal Court last Friday, June 14. Shorten's daughter Nikita said her family was left broken by his actions, adding that she hopes "he gets what he deserves.
" The jury found the Dublin taxi driver guilty to the rape and anal rape of a 10-year-old woman on June 9, 2022 and to the rape of another woman, then aged 20, a couple of months later on August 9. The prosecution's case was that each young woman found themselves in a taxi after a night out socialising in Dublin city centre where each was raped by the driver. Speaking to the Irish Mirror , Nikita told how Shorten is now "nothing" to her.
She said: "He didn't only hurt them girls but he broke us and we will have to live with that for the rest of our lives." "We're a strong family and once we have each other we will get through anything." Nikita added that they "never knew what he was," and she spent the last Father's Day "grieving" for her dad.
She said: "I am so proud of me, my brothers and sisters that have gone through the hardest thing we have ever had to go through. "The news, the posts the TikTok's, everything we have to see and while going through even more behind closed door. "I'm so happy for the girls who got the justice they des.
