Child sex case cultural defence

Cultural factors have been used to defend a man who sexually abused a primary school girl for three years until she became pregnant.

The girl, 11, was in grade 6 when she gave birth to a boy last year via caesarean section when she was six months pregnant. She is believed to be one of the youngest people to give birth in Victoria.

She said in a victim impact statement her abuser, whom she called uncle because of his closeness to her family, had wrecked her life and she no longer had any friends — via redwolf.newsvine.com