Man found guilty of sexually abusing daughter with multiple personalities and her sibling over several years

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A man accused of the chronic abuse of his daughter with multiple personalities has been found guilty of raping her and her sibling over several years.

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00:00This is a case of SN who today has been found guilty of 26 offences relating to two of his

00:08children.

00:09Now, the jury was told that he sexually abused these two children over a seven year period

00:15from 2009 in several suburbs in Newcastle in the Hunter Valley.

00:20Now the jury began deliberating yesterday after being sent out late on Tuesday.

00:27Now it was their task to consider the evidence of the two siblings.

00:30One of them, LN, has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, previously known as multiple

00:36personality disorder.

00:38Now the jury heard evidence from LN herself as well as from three of her alters.

00:44Now this is a landmark case in relation to that.

00:47It's the first time where several alters were sworn in as a person was giving evidence on

00:53the stand.

00:54So the first alter we heard from was that of a 13 year old girl, quite brash and sassy.

01:00We also heard from an older lady who was quite authoritative and it was her role as a carer.

01:06There was also that of a five year old, quite girlish and childlike as she played with a

01:12soft toy bunny in the witness box.

01:15Now evidence from those alters and LN was of chronic abuse and the jury today accepted

01:21that abuse.

01:23The sibling, AB, also gave evidence for several days.

01:26AB alleged chronic abuse over that time at motels they were staying at, at various rentals

01:33etc. in suburbs around Newcastle.

01:37So the jury today came back guilty on all of those charges and then what followed was

01:44a detention application to keep SN, the father, to have him remanded in custody.

01:51The defence argued against that but ultimately the judge said that he was likely to serve

01:56a lengthy stint in jail and remanded him in custody and he'll be sentenced next year.

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