Man jailed for 12 years for abuse of eight-year-old daughter

A man who raped his eight-year-old daughter leaving her with continual nightmares that he would snatch her from her foster home and abuse her again has been jailed for 12 years.

The 43-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, had previously pleaded not guilty to one charge of rape and one of sexual assault against the girl on a date in September, 2007.