Hong Kong man pleads guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter since she was 6
- The vegetable seller was once caught in the act by his younger son
- The case finally came to light in 2018 after she told a friend from church
A Hong Kong man has admitted in court to raping his nine-year-old daughter and telling his younger son that it was none of his business when the child caught him in the act.
The High Court heard the sexual attacks spanned nearly six years, since 2011, when the casual vegetable seller, who could not be identified for legal reasons, first attempted to rape his daughter after school.
At the time she was only six, while he was 40.
Acting deputy director of public prosecutions Catherine Ko said the child cried in great pain when her father forcefully attempted the attack but did not put up any struggle because she did not know what was happening.
But by the time she was nine, the girl knew what was coming when her father brought her to the sofa, so she took off her own clothes while he removed his – and raped her for the first time. He paid her HK$500 (US$65) that day.