'I'm worse than an animal': Australian dad rapes teen girl, impregnates her

Melbourne: A man in the Australian city of Melbourne was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter for over a year and impregnating her during the course of assault.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, the accused pleaded guilty of raping and threatening his daughter with a knife after he was arrested by Australian police on the basis of a complaint registered by the victim's mother.

While the case was undergoing a trial in the Victorian County Court, prosecutors accused the man of fondling his daughter in his bedroom when she was alone at home.

The court also heard that the accused had grabbed a knife and threatened to stab his daughter if she revealed about the rape to her mother or anyone. He had also yelled at her for not listening to him and used to often force himself on her. The accused also forced the victim to watch pornographic films and then perform the sexual acts on him.

After a year of physical torture and rape, the girl began showing signs of pregnancy when she was 14. When the victim’s mother expressed concern about her health and growing stomach, the accused convinced her by saying that it was kidney stones and asked the victim to eat less and drink more water.

Accusing him of misleading his wife and trying to hide his daughter’s pregnancy, the judge told the accused that, “You tried to persuade your wife that it was kidney stones. You blamed your daughter for not eating and drinking enough.”

It was only after the victim’s mother took her to a doctor that she discovered about her daughter’s pregnancy, following which a police complaint was registered.

In his statement to the police, the accused said that, “I am not a human being. I am worst than an animal.” The judge told the accused that his criminality represented the lowest depths of human depravity.