Dad raped daughters for 27 years

[_chuchu]

Dad raped daughters for 27 years - CNN.com

(CNN) -- A British man was jailed Tuesday for raping two of his daughters and fathering nine children over 27 years, a case with echoes of Austria's Josef Fritzl.

The two daughters were made pregnant 19 times; there were nine births, five miscarriages and five terminations. Seven of the children are alive but suffer genetic deformities.

The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons banning the identification of his victims and the surviving children, pleaded guilty Tuesday at Sheffield Crown Court, northern England, and was sentenced to serve 25 life sentences to run concurrently.

The judge said the minimum term the 56-year-old rapist should serve in jail should be 19½ years.

South Yorkshire Police Chief Superintendent Simon Torr said, "The victims of these terrible crimes have asked me to state the following: 'His detention in prison brings us only the knowledge that he cannot physically touch us again. The suffering he has caused will continue for many years, and we must now concentrate our thoughts on finding the strength to rebuild our lives.' "

Speaking for the police, Torr added, "The main concern ... is for those who have been so badly affected: the victims who have suffered a terrible ordeal. We will continue to offer them our full support to try and help them get on with their lives.

"As far as the sentence goes, we are satisfied that this offender has received the strongest possible punishment for his heinous crimes. Now we need to ensure continuing support for those who have suffered as a result of his actions."

The daughters first told police about their ordeal in June, but the abuse dated to 1981.

It emerged that in 1998 one daughter rang Childline, a charity to help abused kids, and asked for assurances about being able to keep her children if she came forward. When Childline could not make that guarantee, the daughter did nothing more to raise her plight. Video Watch how the case came to light »

The UK's Press Association reported that the rapes began in 1981 with daily attacks and that for long periods, they would be raped up to three times a week, and the assaults would continue through pregnancies. Their only reprieve came after they had just given birth or when they were ill because of the abuse.

If either daughter tried to refuse their father's attacks, they would be punched, kicked and or held to the flames of a gas fire, burning their eyes and arms, PA reported.

Despite visiting hospitals and meeting with social workers over the 27 years of abuse, no investigation was launched into the family.
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The case comes in the wake of the death of a baby, known only as Baby P, which has dominated headlines in Britain. The baby endured horrendous torture and died despite being on the local authority's child protection register.

In Austria this year, Josef Fritzl was arrested, accused of keeping his daughter in a basement dungeon and fathering seven children through the rapes.

Freedom... for the Thanksgiving Weekend. Some food for thought.

[The Stig]

Freedom indeed but the Thanksgiving period/weekend doesn't truely apply to us here =/

This is horrible but also slightly annoying as the media will be all over it, just like Baby P. It made my daily newspapers quite dull and boring.

[yayaok]

at first i thought this was the same thing as the austria hidden room rapist dad... i was like hmm, was it britain? then "a case with echoes of Austria's Josef Fritzl.".... these fuckers need to be raped themselves to feel what its like, then forced to h2h fight grizzly bears

[_chuchu]

I heard somewhere "abuse is evolutionary," so I'm probably sure people who do these things are very likely to have been abused the same way in the past. Once you get used to it, your thought process can make you think its still okay to do. It's still hideous to do to another human being and one would think they'd not want it done to them :\

[Neosutra]

"Hey dad, guess what we got you for fathers day?! "

[Obev]

TAKE THAT AUSTRIA.

Yet another shining example of the might and glory of the British Empire.

wait what

[oldoldman]

sentenced to serve 25 life sentences to run concurrently.

The judge said the minimum term the 56-year-old rapist should serve in jail should be 19½ years.

I hate the justice system.

[Elcura]

What the fuck is wrong with people? I mean, the Father is a butthole for raping his daughters but how the fuck do you allow someone you rape you for that long? There must have been some fucked up circumstances.

[thatwasnifty]

What the fuck is wrong with people? I mean, the Father is a butthole for raping his daughters but how the fuck do you allow someone you rape you for that long? There must have been some fucked up circumstances.

Because someone who's been raped by their father and fathered his children will certainly be a rational thinker and mentally capable of protecting themselves, right? Not to mention the physical violence they suffered if they refused him which for all they know could have escalated into something worse if they fought back or tried to leave. But by all means, shift some blame to the victims.

[Maguspk]

What the fuck is wrong with people? I mean, the Father is a butthole for raping his daughters but how the fuck do you allow someone you rape you for that long? There must have been some fucked up circumstances.

Did you read the article? He physically abused them by burning their vital organs (eyes and arms). They also had children they were trying not to endanger and keep. It's a pretty complicated situation and you overestimate the human psyche, you can only take so much abuse for so long before you become accustomed to it and stop fighting it without an outside source to tell you how wrong it is. I'd be interested to see how it came to light because I highly doubt it was one of them coming for help, it was probably unintentional.

edit: reported in June this year by the daughters according to CNN but I am sure there was something pretty significant to trigger it, like the social workers they visited finally mentioning something to them.

[archibaldcrane]

It emerged that in 1998 one daughter rang Childline, a charity to help abused kids, and asked for assurances about being able to keep her children if she came forward. When Childline could not make that guarantee, the daughter did nothing more to raise her plight.

What the fuck, how could they not make the guarantee that she could keep her own children?

This sounds like it could've easily ended 10 years ago except for the complete failure of some stupid fucking charity.

[Maguspk]

What the fuck, how could they not make the guarantee that she could keep her own children?

This sounds like it could've easily ended 10 years ago except for the complete failure of some stupid fucking charity.

How can they possibly promise to let her keep the baby when they don't even fully understand the situation? It's their professional obligation not to make such an assurance.

[archibaldcrane]

They are a charity, not a government organization, a charity can't take a baby away from it's mother period.

[Shalyn]

I would have lied.. The kids are better off not growing up with those people anyway, and the knowledge of the reason for their existence would just mess them up even more, in my opinion. Surely the worker could see that they only held on to the children out of their own comfort and not for what they would think is best for them (the kids)? Not that I don't have sympathy for those who were raped, but they need serious counselling and are being ignorant if they think they're fit to raise those kids right now.

[Silenka]

They are a charity, not a government organization, a charity can't take a baby away from it's mother period.

One thing I've learned from working in customer service is that you should never, ever promise anyone anything for any reason. Especially not something as important as having to do with their children.

[Byrd]

They are a charity, not a government organization, a charity can't take a baby away from it's mother period.

But they certainly can't promise that another organization won't take the baby away.

[Gregorio]

I hate the justice system.

I noticed the same thing...what's the point of giving him 25 life sentences if you're going to run them all at the same time and have the possibility of getting out on parole after less than 20 years?

[Fhloston]

Really hoping they fuck this guy up in prison, in all sorts of ways. For once those daughters will probably be able to actually enjoy themselves this holiday season with that fucker behind bars.

[_chuchu]

I noticed the same thing...what's the point of giving him 25 life sentences if you're going to run them all at the same time and have the possibility of getting out on parole after less than 20 years?

In a perfect world, he'd be gangraped and placed into an America prison with the normal inmates. It would be best that the life sentences were treated as separate, so that if he's left off the hook from any sentences, then the others would keep him in jail. Possibility of parole is just fucking....

[Gregorio]

The only way I would excuse this guys actions is if, through the genetic mutation that often occurs with inbreeding, he created a mutant that was better than humans and then leapfrogged humanity to the next stage of evolution etc etc etc like monologue in the beginning of X-Men. Maybe the courts thought of this possibility and used it as a mitigating circumstance in sentencing.