David Masterson jailed for sexual abuse of daughter who is 'a survivor, not a victim'

The Central Criminal Court heard that Masterson went on to defile three other girls after his daughter reported the seven years of sexual abuse

David Masterson pleaded guilty to six counts of rape sexual assault and incest representing 30 offences carried out between March 2007 and June 2014. Picture: Collins Courts

A father who sexually abused his daughter over a seven-and-a-half year period after first blackmailing her has been jailed for 17 years.

David Masterson (56), sent text messages under the guise of being another person to his daughter demanding that she engage in sexual acts with men. When the victim showed the messages to her father he told her that she would have to do these things because his job was at risk.