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In a shocking case that echoes the notorious incest crimes of Josef Fritzl in Austria,an Australian man raped his daughter almost everyday for 30 years and fathered her four children,a media report said on Thursday.
The man now in his 60s,began raping his daughter in the 1970s when she was 11. The notorious crime continued for three decades,the Herald Sun reported. He is charged with multiple counts of rape and incest.
The man was initially charged with 83 offences,most of which have been withdrawn by police. The Victorian now faces 13 charges – five of incest,five of rape,two of indecently assaulting a girl under the age of 16 and one of assault,The Age reported.
The daily said it understands that during an early court appearance the man indicated he would plead guilty to all 13 charges. He is due to appear in a Melbourne court in November. Victorian Premier John Brumby said he was shocked by the case.
Any crime of this type is one that is shocking and that is personally repulsive to me and to other Victorians, he said. Its a terrible case. It brings to all of us I think the worst possible thoughts about families and what might occur there and what may have occurred.
The incident has rocked the state even as the Opposition planned to call for the resignation of Community Services Minister Lisa Neville.
