Perth father who sold his daughter for sex and told police it was 'fun while it lasted' appeals jail term
Lawyers for man reportedly file appeal papers claiming sentence is 'too harsh'
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Your support makes all the difference.A man who was jailed for sexually abusing his daughter and selling her to paedophiles is reportedly appealing his sentence.
According to Perth Now, lawyers for the man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, filed appeal papers in the WA Court of Appeal this week which claimed his sentence is "too harsh".
The 42-year-old Australian, who was the leader of the so-called ‘Evil 8’ paedophile ring, was sentenced in June to 22 and-a-half years in jail for offences against his daughter over a two-year period, when she was aged between 11 and 13-years-old.
When sentenced, the District Court judge described the case as one of the most serious examples of child sexual abuse to ever come before a WA court.
The father sentenced on 61 charges which included sexual penetration of a child, watching as other men did the same, joining in as strangers abused his daughter in front of him, drugging his daughter, and indecent dealing and recording of a child.
In one video the girl is reportedly heard pleading with her father to stop.
During his trial, the court heard that the man told police in an interview that while he had regrets about what he had done, "it was fun while it lasted", abc.net reported.
The judge said his crimes involved depravity and exploitation "of the highest order".
The father admitted to allowing six other men to sexually abuse his daughter between 2013 and 2015. An eighth man was charged as part of the operation but his offences did nor not involve the daughter.
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