The son of a veteran police officer has been accused of raping his pre-teen daughter several times over four years.
The Western Sydney man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in November 2023 after his now 13-year-old daughter spent three hours telling police about her alleged sexual abuse.
He has been charged with 25 rape and sexual touching offences.
NSW Police will allege the father, who is now aged 33 and works as a public servant, began abusing the girl when she was just nine years old.
She allegedly told police her father would abuse her while her mother and brother were out of their family home.
The son of a NSW Police officer who’s spent 30 years in the force has been charged with 25 rape and sexual touching offences
The young girl claimed the abuse continued for four years until she eventually broke down and told her close friends and mother last year.
The man spent more than three months behind bars before he was granted bail by the NSW Supreme Court last month.
Part of the conditions of his bail is that he will live with his mother and father, an officer of senior rank in the Sydney Basin with 30 years of policing experience.
‘I can supervise any bail conditions issued to [my son] and be with him as required if necessary,’ the officer wrote in an affidavit, the Daily Telegraph reported.
‘I have managed these types of issues in my job as a police officer and can assure the court I will endeavour to closely watch and supervise my son.’
Court documents allege the girl was sexually abused between 2019 and 2023.
NSW Police allege the father repeatedly raped his now 13-year-old daughter over the course of four years
She first opened up about the alleged abuse to her best friend in July last year.
She said: ‘I have been getting sexually assaulted by my dad for the last four years,’ the court heard.
The now 13-year-old went on to tell her boyfriend a few months later and then told her mother.
When her mother asked why she hadn’t told her about the alleged abuse earlier, the girl said ‘I just kept hoping he would change’.
Prosecutors argued against the father’s bail, highlighting the victim’s ‘detailed and specific’ accounts of the alleged abuse.
The man, a public servant, was released on bail with the case to return to court later this year
However, the man’s lawyer noted his client would be subject to stringent conditions if released and said the case against him would ‘rise and fall’ based on whether the jurors believe the young girl’s evidence.
Justice Deborah Sweeney granted the man strict bail and permitted him to continue working at his public service job during the day.
Outside of work hours, he will live with his parents and is not allowed to leave their home unless he is attending court, legal conferences or in the case of an emergency.
He was also banned from spending time with anyone under the age of 16.
The case will return to court later this year.
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