Six year jail sentence for indecent assault

(CS) A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison with four years suspended for indecent assault of a ten-year-old girl.

The prosecution had demanded a 12 year sentence accusing the man of sexually abusing the ten-year-old-daughter of his ex partner over the course of a year.

The court saw it proven that the man had inappropriately touched the girl between November 2009 and November 2010.

The incidents occurred after the separation of the man and his female partner, when the girl spent several nights at the man's home with her half-brothers, the man's sons.

In the hearings the man had admitted to the charges, saying it must have happened unconsciously in his sleep. He later revised his statement, saying there was only one isolated incident.

The man has the right to appeal.