Forty-five years jail for father who sexually abused daughter to the point she developed thousands of identities

Richard Haynes will likely die in jail, after he was sentenced to 45 years prison in a Sydney court today.

Jeni Haynes leaves the Downing Centre District Court in Sydney, Friday Source: AAP Image/Jeremy Piper

A 74-year-old man who raped and sexually abused his daughter in Sydney so horrendously she developed thousands of identities to cope with her father's actions has been sentenced to 45 years prison by a Sydney court.

Richard Haynes was extradited from the United Kingdom in February 2017 to face 25 of charges of rape, buggery and indecent assault against his daughter, Jeni, in the 1970s and 1980s.

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