Jury convicts 'blueblood' dad of impregnating his daughter to start his own race (Paterson, New Jersey)

Dad ASWAD AYINDE (a/k/a ERIC MCGILL) has been found guilty of sexual assault and other charges for raping his daughter from the age of 8. She ended up getting pregnant and giving birth at age 15. Dad will still be facing more charges for the rape of his other four daughters. Seems Ayinde was one of these Swengali types who controlled his wife and daughters through violence, threats, and voodoo religious brainwashing.

Hat tip to Annie.

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Jury convicts 'blueblood' of impregnating his daughter to start his own race
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Last updated: Wednesday October 20, 2010, 7:04 PM
BY JOHN PETRICK
The Record
Staff Writer

A jury found former Paterson resident Aswad Ayinde guilty Wednesday on all counts of molesting his biological daughter from about age 8 until she finally bore his child as a teenager in what prosecutors said was a warped attempt to create his own “blueblood” race.

Ayinde, 52, was convicted on multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, lewdness, child endangerment, aggravated criminal sexual contact and criminal sexual contact. He faces 40 years when sentenced and more than 100 years if convicted of all the charges he faces in subsequent trials in which he is charged with raping and impregnating four other daughters.

“We definitely found the daughter’s testimony credible,” said juror Suzanne Miller, as she left the courthouse with fellow jurors. “We all agreed. It was a unanimous decision.”

The daughter, now 23, testified that her father frequently beat her, her mother and siblings in front of each other. She said Ayinde began sexually molesting her when she was about 8 years old. She graphically detailed how the sexual acts escalated in nature and frequency until she became pregnant and bore his child at 15. She testified that Ayinde told her he was Christ, the prophet, and that together they were creating their own race.

The jury, seated before state Superior Court Judge Raymond A. Reddin in Paterson, began its deliberations Tuesday afternoon and reached its verdict at 3:21 p.m. Wednesday. Ayinde showed no emotion as the verdict was read.

Ayinde was being held in the Passaic County Jail on $1 million bail during the trial. Reddin revoked that $1 million bail and ordered that he continue being held until sentencing on Jan. 7.

Ayinde, also known as Eric McGill and now of Atlantic City, was arrested in July 2006. Prosecutors described him as a blueblood, or someone who believes in keeping his bloodlines pure. In all, five of Ayinde’s daughters were allegedly raped. The self-described filmmaker, soft drink entrepreneur and landlord allegedly committed the assaults from 1985 through 2002 in Paterson, East Orange, Orange and Eatontown.

Four of the alleged victims were daughters with his wife Beverly, who testified at trial. Three of those four daughters bore six children by their natural father, prosecutors charge.

Jurors in this trial were not allowed to know about the other alleged sexual assault victims, except as it related to the oppressive and physically abusive household he maintained. The same will be the case with each subsequent trial.

Beverly Ayinde testified during the trial that Ayinde controlled every aspect of their lives – depriving them of certain foods, keeping them away from doctors and schools and not even getting them birth certificates.

The children were home-birthed and home-schooled and they were raised as vegetarians, Ayinde acknowledged from the witness stand during his defense. But, he said, it was all part of a holistic lifestyle, not deprivation. He denied allegations of ever beating or raping his daughter and claimed a spiritual adviser who the family befriended in 2001 ultimately brainwashed his wife and children into perpetuating such lies.

The family ultimately left Ayinde in 2001. The daughter that is at the center of this trial went to the police about the years of abuse in 2006.

“I’m really happy with the jury’s verdict. I’m glad justice was served,” said Passaic County Senior Assistant Prosecutor Lisa Squitieri, who argued the case for the state.

Judge Reddin, in thanking the jury for its work, said he understood it’s not easy sitting in judgment of someone but that they should know: “If I had to render a decision, I would have decided exactly what you decided.”

Along with family members’ testimony, forensics experts testified they believed Ayinde and his daughter were the parents of a now-8-year-old child the victim bore in late 2001, based on DNA evidence.

E-mail: petrick@northjersey.com