A 49 year old man was sentenced to 11 years and 10 months imprisonment today for raping his daughter.
He appeared before High Court judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe.
The incident took place between March and April 2014 at the accused’s home in an isolated settlement in Kadavu.
The complainant was alleged to have went to spend her holidays at her father’s house when the alleged incidents happened.
He will serve a non-parole period of 9 years and 10 months and has been ordered a permanent domestic violence restraining order.