Queensland man ordered to pay $1m in damages to daughter he raped and assaulted

Man was convicted of 11 rape and assault charges dating from the 1970s and 80s

A Queensland father who raped and assaulted his daughter on 11 occasions in the 1970s and 1980s has been ordered to pay her almost $1 million in damages.

The man, who used to drink and terrorise his family, first assaulted his daughter when she was a child and her mother was in hospital having another baby, said a district court judgment delivered in Brisbane on Friday.

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