Rape victim asks court to impose life term on father

A YOUNG man who suffered systematic rape and sexual abuse by his father has asked the Central Criminal Court to impose a life sentence on his tormentor.

Rape  victim asks court to impose life term on father

In an emotional and powerful victim impact statement, the 20-year old man described how he had to endure his own life sentence and how he never had a childhood out of the fear in which he lived of his father.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, cried as he explained how he considered his real parents to be an aunt and uncle who gave him a home and treated him as one of their own children. He also revealed how his father had forced him to make a false allegation against that uncle so that they wouldn’t get custody of his children.

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