{"id":146745,"date":"2015-08-27T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=146745"},"modified":"2015-08-27T07:39:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T07:39:46","slug":"father-jailed-for-life-for-gang-raping-his-nine-year-old-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=146745","title":{"rendered":"Father jailed for life for gang-raping his nine-year-old daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian father has been jailed for life for gang-raping his nine-year-old daughter. The man got the girl drunk and attacked her with a friend in India.<\/p>\n<div class=\"itemIntroText\">\n<p>His accomplice was handed a 12-year prison term.<\/p>\n<p>Sentencing the pair at a court in Delhi,\u00a0Judge Gautam Manan said:\u00a0&#8216;Children are entitled to expect the best from their parents, in terms of care and parental love, that they can possibly receive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"itemFullText\">\n<p>&#8216;But the convict gave his daughter such a betrayal of faith of relationship that would really be difficult for her to forget.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A complaint was initially lodged by the victim&#8217;s mother against her husband and his accomplice in May 2012, it was reported by\u00a0The Press Trust of India.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said the &#8216;accused, despite being the father of the victim, has not only sexually assaulted her but also allowed another boy to sexually abuse his daughter.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The father, who has not been named, and his accomplice, Akash, 20,\u00a0were also fined Rs 5,000 (\u00a350) each and ordered to pay the victim Rs 100,000 (\u00a3970) in compensation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The concept of welfare and well-being of children is basic for any civilised society and this has a direct bearing on the state of health and well-being of the entire community, its growth and development,&#8217; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were convicted based on testimony from the victim and a medical report which showed she had been raped.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the present case, the victim has been consistent on the material particulars with regard to the incident of sexual assault on her,&#8217; the report said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source:<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/graphic.com.gh\/international\/international-news\/48453-father-jailed-for-life-for-gang-raping-his-nine-year-old-daughter.html\" target=\"_blank\">Graphic Online\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indian father has been jailed for life for gang-raping his nine-year-old daughter. The man got the girl drunk and attacked her with a friend in India. His accomplice was handed a 12-year prison term. Sentencing the pair at a court in Delhi,\u00a0Judge Gautam Manan said:\u00a0&#8216;Children are entitled to expect the best from their parents, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":19899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"class_list":["post-146745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}