Oz dad gets 22 yrs in jail for raping daughter

MELBOURNE: An Australian man who abused his daughter over more than three decades and fathered four children with her was sentenced to 22 years

in prison on Monday.

A county court in Victoria state, where the abuse occurred, announced the verdict sentencing the 66-year-old incest father to imprisonment. The court heard the abuse began when the girl was 13 and continued into her adult years, AAP reported.

Over the years, the victim repeatedly told social workers of the abuse, however, no complaint was made to police. In sentencing, judge Susan Pullen said the man’s offence was in the worst category. “You defiled your daughter over many years on a regular basis,” she said, adding “Your offending involved a gross breach of trust.”

“To describe your treatment of your daughter as appalling is a gross understatement,” she said. He was jailed for 22 years and five months, and must serve a minimum of 18 years before being eligible for parole.