THE High Court in Suva has made a milestone sentence after judge Justice Daniel Goundar sentenced a 74-year-old father to life imprisonment for raping two of his biological daughters.
While sentencing the man, Justice Goundar declined to fix a non-parole period.
The man is convicted of seven counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault.
The incidents occurred between 1982 and 2013.
Justice Goundar said the man got away for his crimes for 31 years because of the authority he had over the victims.
The court heard that he impregnated the first victim at the age of 14 years and later raped the child born out of the rape when the second victim turned 10 years.
Justice Goundar said the demon for those victims was real in the form of their own biological father.
The man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for each count of rape and five years imprisonment for the offence of indecent assault.
The State was represented by Assistant DPP Dato Shyamala Alagendra, Lavenia Bogitini and Juleen Fatiaki.