'Master manipulator' who raped six children fails to get sentence reduced

A "master manipulator" who used his position as a trusted labourer on a family farm to rape six children and molest a seventh has lost an appeal against the severity of his sentence.

The abuser, described as "evil and disgusting" by one of his victims, was jailed for 20 years in 2017 for a series of offences over a 17-year period.