A WOMAN punched the air in jubilation yesterday as she watched her
father go to jail for six years.
The father, who is 49, had admitted a series of sex offences against
his 27-year-old daughter over a four-year period starting when she was
11.
He threatened her that if she ever went to police the results could
have a terrible effect on the health of her grandmother.
When the grandmother died two years ago the daughter went to the
police in Edinburgh and told them of her ordeal.
Earlier this month the father, who comes from Edinburgh, appeared at
the High Court in Edinburgh accused of raping his daughter.
The Crown accepted a plea of guilty to reduced charges of indecent
assault.
Lord Milligan remanded the father, who cannot be named for legal
reasons, until yesterday for reports.
Yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow, solicitor/advocate Brian
Gilfedder told the judge that the father found it difficult to give any
explanation or reason for his conduct.
He said he had no contact at all with his daughter or estranged wife
except at his mother's funeral two years ago.
Jailing him for six years for what he described as an appalling series
of crimes, Lord Milligan told him he had shown no concern for the
effects of his crimes on his daughter, appeared to be only concerned
about the impact of any sentence on his own life, and showed a distinct
lack of remorse.
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