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Father given life for raping baby | Father given life for raping baby |
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A father who filmed himself raping his baby daughter has been jailed for life. | A father who filmed himself raping his baby daughter has been jailed for life. |
The 29-year-old man raped the girl at least twice and carried out other sexual abuse which he recorded on his phone, St Albans Crown Court heard. | The 29-year-old man raped the girl at least twice and carried out other sexual abuse which he recorded on his phone, St Albans Crown Court heard. |
In a victim impact statement the baby's mother said: "No words I can use can describe what he has put me through." | |
The man, from Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, must serve a minimum of five years and 291 days before being considered for parole. | |
He pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault, taking indecent photographs of the girl and possessing indecent movies of children. | He pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault, taking indecent photographs of the girl and possessing indecent movies of children. |
'Horrifying depravity' | 'Horrifying depravity' |
The baby's mother said: "When she is older and asks about her father what do I tell her?" | |
David Wales, defending, said: "He recognises his own behaviour was evil. He recognises he has forfeited any rights to regard himself as her father. He expresses his deep remorse for the pain he had caused." | David Wales, defending, said: "He recognises his own behaviour was evil. He recognises he has forfeited any rights to regard himself as her father. He expresses his deep remorse for the pain he had caused." |
Expressions of horror and disgust are unnecessary, the acts covered by this indictment speak for themselves Judge Stephen Gullick | Expressions of horror and disgust are unnecessary, the acts covered by this indictment speak for themselves Judge Stephen Gullick |
Judge Stephen Gullick passed three life sentences and said: "This was conduct of horrifying depravity committed against your own natural daughter. | Judge Stephen Gullick passed three life sentences and said: "This was conduct of horrifying depravity committed against your own natural daughter. |
"Your basic duty, as a father, was to protect her, not to abuse her and to use her as a sex toy for your own sexual gratification. | "Your basic duty, as a father, was to protect her, not to abuse her and to use her as a sex toy for your own sexual gratification. |
"Gratification which could doubtless be repeated by being able to look, as often as you wished, at the photographs you had taken of her being abused by you; photographs which you stored on your laptop. | "Gratification which could doubtless be repeated by being able to look, as often as you wished, at the photographs you had taken of her being abused by you; photographs which you stored on your laptop. |
"Expressions of horror and disgust are unnecessary, the acts covered by this indictment speak for themselves." | "Expressions of horror and disgust are unnecessary, the acts covered by this indictment speak for themselves." |
The judge said that had he not passed life sentences he would have passed a sentence of 18 years, taking into account the seriousness of the offences after a trial. | The judge said that had he not passed life sentences he would have passed a sentence of 18 years, taking into account the seriousness of the offences after a trial. |
However because the man pleaded guilty he would have to reduce that term to 12 years, the judge said. | |
As a result, and taking into consideration the 76 days the father has already spent in custody, the minimum period before he can be considered for parole is five years and 291 days. | As a result, and taking into consideration the 76 days the father has already spent in custody, the minimum period before he can be considered for parole is five years and 291 days. |