AN AGED pensioner has been jailed for abusing three generations of young girls from his own family over a 45-year period.
The 79-year-old southern Tasmanian man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared in the Supreme Court in Hobart today.
He pleaded guilty to four counts of indecent assault, four counts of maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person, one count of attempted rape and two counts of aggravated sexual assault.
Crown Prosecutor Linda Mason told the court the man had abused his sister, daughters, granddaughters and a niece.
At the time of his crimes, they were all aged under 13.
The man abused his sister in the mid-1950. He went on to abuse his daughters on an almost weekly basis in the mid-1960s.
He had sexual intercourse with one of his daughters, aged 11 or 12, on three occasions while he pretended to be tucking her into bed.
The man abused another daughter aged between 10 and 13 in the early 1970s, a niece aged seven or eight, and four granddaughters aged six and seven between 1986 and 1997.
Ms Mason said the man has been confronted about the abuse some years ago and had admitted touching his daughters.
His wife was also aware of his offending around the time but the secret had been kept within the family because he had agreed to get help, she said.
After several of his victims gave statements last year, the man was interviewed by police and admitted the bulk of his offending.
The court heard the man had admitted to investigating officers he still found young girls attractive.
His lawyer Amber Mignot said he accepted he was likely to spend much of the remainder of his life in custody.
"The defendant's conduct has wreaked havoc on his family and caused incredible harm," Justice Peter Evans said.
Justice Evans jailed the man for nine years, with a non-parole period of four-and-a-half years.
The man will be placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years upon his release.
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