A fifty six year old man was this morning sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment by the Suva High Court for five counts of incest.

High Court Judge Justice Salesi Temo sentenced the father to sixteen years for raping his daughter over a period of twenty years.

The High Court heard that the 56 year old man started raping his daughter in 1989 when she was eighteen years old and continued to do so until 2009.

The Court also heard that he had fathered five children from the crime.

The man had told the High Court in an earlier sitting, that he was sorry for what he had done and that he should not be sent to jail as the five children were in school and depended on him financially and that he was ready to act as a father and a grandfather to the children.

However, this morning Justice Temo said that the crime was serious and the fact that the accused was willing to act as a father and a grandfather to the children would not be considered as a mitigating factor.


Story by: Paradise Tabucala