State agencies missed chances to halt child abuse of sisters by 'devil wearing a mask'

A 63-year-old man was jailed for 16 years for the 16 years of “brutal and terrifying” abuse of his two daughters

The court heard that when the family came to the attention of the authorities, “the solution was to up sticks and move again”. File photo: iStock

A woman who was repeatedly raped by her father as a child has described the man as “a devil wearing a mask” and said he lived like a king while she was made “feel like dirt”.

The now 34-year-old woman, who became pregnant by her father when she was 17, described in her victim impact statement that every day with her father felt like “a fight to survive”.