A Dunedin man who sexually abused his daughter for more than a decade has been jailed for seven and a-half years. "She believed that if you could sexually abuse your own daughter then how could she be sure you would not touch another child," Judge Macdonald said. The court heard these were not the only convictions accrued by the defendant. He appeared in court on another sexual matter as well as being sentenced for violence in the years following the abuse of his daughter. "Given your denial, I am not so sure that the sexual abuse you claim to have suffered [overseas] has any particular relevance at all," Judge Macdonald said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 23, 2021 16:30 UTC