Dad jailed for raping 14-year-old daughter in front of her brothers; dad had 4 previous rape convictions (Fiji)

UNNAMED DAD has been jailed for 14 years for raping his 14-year-old daughter, and at least one of these rapes was in the presence of her younger brothers. Dad has FOUR PREVIOUS RAPE convictions. So you have to wonder why the hell this piece of sh** was allowed around any female, especially a minor. Where is the mother in all this? As usual, there isn't a word.

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=142041

Rapist father jailed
Saturday, March 13, 2010

A MAN who raped and indecently assaulted his 14-year-old daughter has been jailed for 14 years.

The 44-year-old man was charged for raping and indecently assaulting his daughter, on one occasion in the presence of her younger brothers.

Justice Paul Madigan said such crimes were abominable and becoming far too common in Fiji.

"A 14-year-old girl is still not mature and the animal behaviour of her father will surely scar her for the rest of her life," he said.

"The courts cannot ignore the severity of such behaviour. It is a breach of trust of the worst kind and a destruction of a father/daughter relationship."

In mitigation, the unemployed accused referred to his role as sole breadwinner and submitted a reference letter from the Prisons Department, claiming he was a member of a rugby team and a role model and source of inspiration to younger unemployed men.

But Justice Madigan said he saw no meaningful mitigation, and taking into consideration the accused's four previous rape convictions, took a starting point of 12 years for rape.

"The fact that it was his own daughter and that he used his status as her father to override her will, I take as a serious aggravating feature for which I will add two years to the sentence," the judge said.

"For the rape he is therefore sentenced to 14 years imprisonment."

For two indecent assault charges, Judge Madigan considered three years imprisonment and increased this by another year after considering the offences were committed in the presence of the victim's brothers.

He ordered that the indecent assault sentence be served concurrently but that two years of the sentence be served consecutively to the rape sentence.