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A British father who raped his two daughters repeatedly for more than 25 years had seven children by them, a court heard today.
The 56-year-old man "took pleasure" in knowing the harm he was doing to his two girls and threatened them with a "real hiding" if they refused to have sex with him, Sheffield crown court was told.
His elder daughter was pregnant seven times by the defendant, who called himself the "gaffer", and he fathered two children by her. She gave birth to two other babies but they died the day they were born.
He made his younger daughter pregnant 12 times. She has five surviving children, the court heard.
The defendant, from Sheffield, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted 25 rapes and four indecent assaults last month.
The man also had a son who lived with them until his teenage years.
Nicholas Campbell QC said: "All the defendant's children spoke of his domination over their family life. He was tall and strongly built.
"I quote him: he was 'the main gaffer', he called himself the gaffer and he liked to think that he was a hard man.
"All the family were frightened of him. When they heard his car pulling up outside the house, the children and their mother ran to their respective rooms.
"His son described him as having a Jekyll and Hyde personality and that his dad had a one-second fuse and that he could flip and turn with the click of his fingers."
The case continues.
By Angela Balakrishnan
Angela Balakrishnan
The 56-year-old man "took pleasure" in knowing the harm he was doing to his two girls and threatened them with a "real hiding" if they refused to have sex with him, Sheffield crown court was told.
His elder daughter was pregnant seven times by the defendant, who called himself the "gaffer", and he fathered two children by her. She gave birth to two other babies but they died the day they were born.
He made his younger daughter pregnant 12 times. She has five surviving children, the court heard.
The defendant, from Sheffield, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted 25 rapes and four indecent assaults last month.
The man also had a son who lived with them until his teenage years.
Nicholas Campbell QC said: "All the defendant's children spoke of his domination over their family life. He was tall and strongly built.
"I quote him: he was 'the main gaffer', he called himself the gaffer and he liked to think that he was a hard man.
"All the family were frightened of him. When they heard his car pulling up outside the house, the children and their mother ran to their respective rooms.
"His son described him as having a Jekyll and Hyde personality and that his dad had a one-second fuse and that he could flip and turn with the click of his fingers."
The case continues.
By Angela Balakrishnan
Angela Balakrishnan
