Overview
- Her Honour Judge Christine Henson KC imposed a combined 97 years and six months in prison on the father, mother, two brothers, grandfather and an uncle.
- Individual sentences included the father (33 years), mother (10 years six months), elder brother (13 years six months), younger brother now totaling 26 years six months, grandfather (nine years) and uncle (three years).
- Court findings detailed rape by the father and two brothers, sexual assaults by the grandfather, and severe physical abuse by the mother, beginning when the victim was about six.
- A jury returned guilty verdicts on 39 charges including rape, sexual assault, cruelty, false imprisonment and perverting the course of justice, as the defendants continued to deny the offences.
- Sussex Police praised the victims’ courage, confirmed ongoing safeguarding, and urged the public not to speculate online or identify the children.