The judge said the woman had maintained “a silence for the sake of everyone else”, which included baby-sitting for her brother’s children.
A MAN WHO repeatedly raped his younger sister in their family “house of horrors”, when they were both children, has been jailed for three and half years.The offences occurred over an an 18-month period between February 2001 and July 2002.Today he received six concurrent three and half year jail terms.
A number of testimonials supporting the defendant were provided to the court, including from two of his siblings, work colleagues and employers, as well as his former partner and mother to his children. The defendant and the victim were both living in a “dysfunctional” and “volatile” household where they regularly witnessed “domestic violence”, the judge said.
The victim raised the alarm shortly afterwards, however the matter was initially investigated by a health board, which the court heard had referred the case to an organisation dealing with victims of child sexual abuse.The defendant participated in a therapy programme and made certain admissions at the time regarding his younger sister, however it appeared the matter did not go any further, the judge noted.
Judge MacGrath said that although the man had a number of previous convictions, including for, assault causing harm, breach of a safety barring order, and engaging in threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour, he had no previous conviction for sexual offences, and was therefore regarded by the court as having “led a life free of serious crime” up to and after raping his sister.
“He took her childhood and innocence; she described how it was wedged into her brain like a never-ending nightmare.”Judge MacGrath said: “Christmas night should have been a magic night for a child, but it was a night that changed life forever”.
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