The pair subsequently exchanged thousands of messages “declaring their love for each other” and discussing their intimacy in explicit detail.
In January, the male defendant visited his daughter three times over six days, during which the sexual contact took place.
The court heard after the visits the duo exchanged intimate photos through social media and described their sexual fantasies for their coming meetings.
Their forbidden relationship was discovered when the woman’s partner returned home from a night shift and became suspicious of the sudden closeness between father and daughter.
When he checked her phone, he found the graphic messages, which prompted a confrontation.
“In response she asked him not to tell anyone about the relationship with her father as she did not wish to go to jail,” the summary of facts said.
When the woman was approached by police she admitted the crimes and stressed it had been consensual.
She said on one occasion her father had kissed her on the lips and told her: “parents can do that to their kids”.
The woman told officers she was mentally unwell at the time.
Her counsel Sarah Saunderson-Warner requested no convictions be entered against her client’s name.
A discharge without conviction would be sought at her sentencing in February, she said.
Both defendants were remanded on bail and will be sentenced on different dates that month.
