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More than 40 years after the crime: Daughter brings rapist to prison

2021-08-04T12:31:31.007Z


One rape in England was cleared up more than 40 years after the crime. The daughter helped ensure that the perpetrator could be convicted.


One rape in England was cleared up more than 40 years after the crime.

The daughter helped ensure that the perpetrator could be convicted.

Birmingham - "I'm glad and overwhelmed, but it should never have taken so long".

This is the conclusion of a 45-year-old woman from England to the

Guardian

.

She was instrumental in ensuring that her birth father was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a court in Birmingham.

The reason for the prison sentence: the rape of a minor.

More than 40 years after the crime: Daughter brings rapist to prison

The now 74-year-old perpetrator was caught because the daughter had "the tenacity and determination" to get justice "for herself and her mother," said the judge in Birmingham on Tuesday (August 3).

A DNA analysis was decisive for the conviction - the genetic material came from his daughter, who was conceived in the crime.

The man, who is already of retirement age, raped the then 13-year-old mother of the now 45-year-old English woman 46 years ago. The girl became pregnant and gave the child up for adoption after birth. The daughter did not find out about her conception until she was 18 years old. It was then that she was granted access to her files for the first time. In court, the 45-year-old spoke of a "terrifying" discovery.

She was saddened to be "personifying one of the worst things that can happen to someone," said the woman.

According to the judge, the crime was "swept under the carpet" by the authorities.

Today's 45-year-old then campaigned for new investigations into the case.

She was eventually able to convince her biological mother to file a complaint.

Based on the DNA analysis, the fatherhood of the now convicted 74-year-old was determined.

After rape: "46 years of waiting for justice" - daughter "happy and overwhelmed"

The man had until then denied being the father - as well as the rape. He admitted in court that he had had sexual intercourse with the minor, but claimed that it was consensual. The man claimed that the girl had faked him to be 16 years old. Both the judge and the victim firmly rejected these representations. The perpetrator is trying to "put the blame on the victim," said the judge.

The 45-year-old daughter of the perpetrator was relieved after his conviction.

"It's been 46 years of waiting for justice," the woman told the

Guardian

.

“I'm happy and overwhelmed, but it should never have taken so long.

Now my job is starting to change the law to get more credit for people like me who were conceived in a rape, ”she said.

In the Bavarian city of Hof, a man is said to have been raped in a car after a private party.

The police arrested two suspects.

(ph / afp)

Source: merkur

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