Ten-year-old girl testifies in rape-accused father's case

A 10-year-old girl has alleged that her father, who is accused of cruelty to his five children, raped her when she was eight and her younger brother has alleged that the man hit him with a belt even when he was good.

The accused man, who can not be named for legal reasons, has pleaded not guilty at the Central Criminal Court to the rape and sexual assault of his now 10-year-old daughter and the sexual assault of his now 13-year-old son on dates in 2007.