The 41-year-old father could have chosen
any other lady to have sex with, but he chose his 13-year-old daughter. This is
a behaviour that has continued to baffle sane people in the world today.
Why your kid? Why not
a prostitute?
The schoolgirl was
repeatedly forced to have sex with her long-lost father after she tracked him
down through Facebook, a court heard.
The girl became aware of who he was
through friends and Facebook postings and found out that he was living in South
Yorkshire.
After meeting her father for the
first time, the teenager was invited to stay longer and her mother eventually
allowed her to live with him .
But the man then went on to have sex with the youngster 'on a regular basis' over a six month period, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Initially she slept on the sofa but
when her father split up with his girlfriend he 'turned his attention' to his
daughter, prosecutor Timothy Capstick said.
The father rubbed her back before kissing her and the next day he said she could sleep in his bed and he would sleep on the sofa.
But during the night he crept into
the bed and started having sex with his own daughter, the court heard.
Mr Capstick said: 'She did not
resist because he was her dad. She said : "I had only just met him so I
went along with it".
'She said she felt like hitting out but couldn't as he was her father. It happened again over a six-month period. He would have sex with her on a regular basis, every other day.'
The court was told she had first
become aware of her father's identity at the age of 13 'through friends and
Facebook'.
He encouraged the girl to drink
alcohol before having sex with her. She eventually left the house and stopped
living there.
The teenager, who is now 18 and
cannot be identified, first told a social worker what had happened then went to
the police last year.
Police officers found old texts on
the man's phone which suggested he had been having a sexual relationship with
his daughter.
When arrested he initially denied having any contact with the girl and said another family member must have used the phone.
The court heard the father was given
a 12-month jail term, reduced to six months on appeal, in February 2012 after
he was convicted of detaining a 15-year-old girl without lawful authority.
The girl, who knew his daughter, was
in local authority care and he had been served with a notice not to contact
her.
Police checked his home and found
the girl there although no sexual offences had taken place.
The man admitted one offence of
sexually assaulting his daughter and 14 offences of sexual activity with her
when she was 13.
Alison Dorrell, defending, said he
now accepted having a regular sexual relationship with his daughter and knew it
was wrong.
'Eventually he brought the activity
to an end,' said Miss Dorrell.
'He is very sorry and deeply regrets
it and wishes he could turn the clock back. He feels sick when he thinks about
it.'
The court was told that he had a
drink problem, suffered from depression and his wife was worried he was a
suicide risk.
She said she felt like hitting out
but couldn't as he was her father
He had been drinking a bottle of
Jack Daniels and four to eight cans of cider a day which had affected his
physical and mental health.
His wife family were supporting him
and he was on medication and a special diet because of his health problems, the
court heard.
Judge Simon Lawler jailed the man
for six years.
He told him: 'Over a period of six
months you grossly abused your position of trust. She was 13 and you were 41
and you took advantage of her.
'When interviewed the girl said she
let you do it because you were her father. She did not want to lose what she
felt she had gained and she felt he had played with her emotions.'
The man is already on the Sex
Offenders' Register and was made subject to a Sex Offenders' Prevention Order
and barred from working with children.
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