Wakefield dad jailed for incestuous sexual relationship with own teenage daughter
A dad has been jailed after embarking on a consensual relationship with his own teenage daughter.
The 44-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, admitted five counts of having sex with an adult relative.
Appearing in court from HMP Leeds, where he was being held on remand, he was handed a 16-month jail sentence at Leeds Crown Court.
The court was told that the girl had been taken into care as a youngster but contact between them began again in 2022, with her moving into his address.
He was often drunk and would become violent, smashing up his Wakefield property.
Their forbidden consensual relationship came to light when police came to the address with a drugs warrant in 2023. They seized mobile phones which contained messages linked to their illegal relationship.
The dad was arrested and interviewed but he denied an inappropriate relationship had taken place.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, it was heard that his daughter had suffered severe mental-health issues and had even been sectioned at one stage.
Mitigating, Andrew Semple said the dad wanted to move away from the area after his family unsurprisingly shunned him when the sickening relationship was uncovered.
He said he had also expressed remorse and that the “rehabilitation had started” while he was being held in prison.
As well as his jail sentence, the judge - Recorder Simon Kealey KC - gave him an indefinite-length restraining order to keep him away from his daughter.
He was also put on the sex offender register for 10 years.
Incestuous relationships between adults family members can result in up to two years’ jail under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.