'All the kind words about him in court made everything we'd said seem like one big lie'

Miriam Henry describes the fully suspended sentence — handed down on July 9 —  as 'justice in its most pathetic form'. Picture: Patrick Browne

A sexual abuse survivor has described how a character reference for her brother sounded “more like a wedding speech” after it was delivered in court following his conviction.

Gerald Henry was found guilty of habitually sexually abusing his younger sisters — Miriam and Irene — when they were just children earlier this month.