A father who raped his gay daughter to prove “sex was better with men” has been jailed for 21 years.
The man is believed to have raped his 16-year-old daughter after exploding with “uncontrolled” anger after she said she was “struggling with her identity”.
The 54-year-old has not been named to protect the victim’s identity and Warwick Crown Court heard that two of his daughters have suffered abuse from him across two decades.
“As a 16-year-old girl she realised she was gay and, struggling with her identity as many people do at that age, she decided to tell you,” Judge Lockhart said, Pink News reported.
“You reacted by showing real and uncontrolled anger, and you decided to rape her to show her why it would be better to have sex with men than women. Her evidence made harrowing listening”
The judge also added that the crime involved “degradation and humiliation” for the victim.
“The offence demonstrated your hostility towards her as a lesbian,” the judge added.
The man has been found guilty of three charges of rape, one charge of indecency with a child during the 1980’s and 1990’s and nine charges of indecent assault.
