Hong Kong cook jailed for 18 years for sexual abuse of daughter
Judge criticizes victim's mother for attempting to silence the child during the abuse case
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- A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter.
- The presiding judge also condemned the victim's mother for her efforts to suppress the girl's testimony.
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A Hong Kong cook has been jailed for 18 years for persistently sexually abusing the daughter he shares with his mistress, with the presiding judge also criticising the victim’s mother for trying to keep her silent.
The accused, identified only by his initials, TML, to protect his daughter’s identity, pleaded guilty last year to six counts of rape and three of indecent assault.
The married man is a father of six, three of whom were born to his mistress from mainland China.
He has three previous convictions, including one for indecent assault in 1987, but had never been jailed before this case.
The court heard the defendant raped his daughter, referred to as X, and molested her twice at her home in Haifeng county, Guangdong, in May and June 2015, when she was 11.
