Life for man who raped daughters
Updated on 25 November 2008
A man who fathered seven children by raping his daughters has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 and a half years.
Sheffield crown court heard the 56-year-old man, who cannot be named for legl reasons, repeatedly raped his daughters and they became pregnant 19 times between them.
The campaign started when the women were aged between eight and 10. If they refused their father's advances, they were badly beaten.
Judge Alan Goldsack QC ordered the Sheffield man to serve 25 life sentences that will run concurrently.
