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Father jailed for 14 years over sexual abuse of girls

By Imran Ali
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7 Dec, 2014 08:12 PM3 mins to read

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A man has been sentenced to 14 years and nine months in prison for 'grossly serious' crimes against young girls.

A man has been sentenced to 14 years and nine months in prison for 'grossly serious' crimes against young girls.

A Whangarei man has been jailed for more than 14 years for sexually abusing five girls, including his daughter, over many years.

The 55-year-old has been granted name suppression to protect the identity of his daughter.

He appeared for sentencing in the Whangarei District Court on Friday after pleading guilty to 12 charges of indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 12, 10 of sexual violation by unlawful sexual connection, two of attempted sexual violation and one of sexual violation by rape.

The man committed the crimes between 1993 and 2000.

Judge John McDonald said one only had to step back and put himself in the victims' shoes to gauge the impact the man's offending had had on them.

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He said the man took every opportunity to be alone with his daughter.

"You offended against her in the most violent way, which no society, let alone a civilised society, would tolerate."

Judge McDonald said the man befriended the other girls through his daughter and who were asked to stay at his house.

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He said the man would get himself in positions such as fishing trips with the sole purpose of abusing them.

One of the victims addressed the court on the effect of his offending on her.

Judge McDonald fixed a starting point for sentence at 18-and-a-half years and gave the man a discount for his pleas and remorse.

He said the pleas meant the victims didn't have to relive the trauma of giving evidence during a trial and be cross-examined by the defence.

The offences were "grossly serious" and the courts had to dish out a sentence that deterred people from behaving in a similar way and to denounce the offending, he said. The judge acknowledged the strength shown by one of the victims who spoke in court.

If the man's daughter had not requested name suppression for her father, Judge McDonald said he would not have granted it.

He sentenced the man to 14 years and nine months in prison and imposed a minimum non-parole period of seven years and four months.

The man sat in the dock motionless during sentencing while his family in the public gallery sobbed, particularly as the facts of his offending were read out.

Judge McDonald highlighted only part of the facts before saying the man offended on a weekly basis.

Arthur Fairley represented the man while Nicole Dore appeared for the Crown.

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