A sentence of 10 years' imprisonment (with consequent serious violent offence declaration) was upheld for maintaining a sexual relationship with a child where the offending involved a biological father's sustained sexual abuse of his daughter aged 10-12 over approximately two and a half years, escalating to penile rapes occurring approximately five times per week over two months. The case confirms that such offending sits at the very serious end of the maintaining offence spectrum.
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