Retired Police Handed 22 Years for Rape of Stepdaughter

Today, a man was handed a twenty-year sentence and additional twenty-two year sentence after being convicted for the rape of his stepdaughter and sexual assault on separate occasions. As the sentences are to run concurrently, the sixty-six-year-old retired sergeant of police will spend twenty-two years behind bars. During mitigation, no one spoke on the offender’s behalf. Additional aggravating factors included the young age of the victim and his relation to the child. On that day when he was found guilty, the offender arrived at court an hour late for his verdict and arrived moments before the judge was about to execute a bench warrant for his arrest. The stepfather had been allowed to continue on his bail until the day he was convicted of the crime.