'I continue to grieve' - Rapist gets five years for sexually abusing his sisters in childhood

Sister tells court dealing with the criminal justice system was the hardest part of the case

The man was given an effective sentence of five years' imprisonment. File photo

A convicted rapist who sexually abused his two younger sisters during their childhood and raped one of them has been jailed for five years.

One of the women said she had reported the abuse after learning that her family expected her to be supportive of her brother as his release from a lengthy sentence for raping another woman was imminent. She had told her family of her ordeal and said “it was as if my abuse didn’t matter.”