Qld: Man who made pregnancy pact with stepdaughter loses appeal
06 Mar 2009 2:15 PM
A man who tried to impregnate his 15-year-old stepdaughter because he and his wife desperately wanted another child has failed to have his sentence reduced.
The man was sentenced in July last year to eight years' jail by the Brisbane District Court.
His 39-year-old wife .. who had offered her daughter advice on the best sexual positions to achieve their goal .. received a six month jail term .. to be followed by three years probation.
Both had pleaded guilty to one charge each of maintaining a sexual relationship with a child.
During the original hearing the court was told they manipulated the girl into participating in their scheme .. but the day after her 16th birthday she reported it to police.
Lawyers for the man took the case to the Queensland Court of Appeal last month .. arguing the sentence was manifestly excessive .. and should have been as low as six years.
But Chief Justice PAUL DE JERSEY says there were so many aggravating features in the case it warranted an eight-year prison term.
