Father http://www.emirates247.com/crime/world/father-charged-with-raping-daughter-for-34-years-2011-11-29-1.430603charged with raping daughter for 34 years

Fathered 3 children with daughter, stands trial now




Defendant
Adolf B. arrives at court in Nuremberg, southern Germany, on November
28, 2011. The German pensioner accused of raping his daughter repeatedly
over a 34-year-period and fathering three children with her went on
trial. The now 69-year-old man admitted sex with his daughter in
testimony before the court but denied charges of rape. He said she
consented. Adolf B. has been charged with 497 counts of rape. Suspected
cases earlier than 1991 have now passed the statute of limitations and
are too old to consider. German pensioner accused of raping his daughter repeatedly
over a 34-year-period and fathering three children with her went on
trial in this southern city Monday.The now 69-year-old defendant, Adolf Bergbauer, admitted sex with his
daughter in testimony before the court but denied charges of rape. He
said she consented.

Bergbauer has been charged with 497 counts of rape. Suspected cases
earlier than 1991 have now passed the statute of limitations and are too
old to consider.
He denied the prosecution charges he started to rape his daughter
when she was 12. The first sexual contact took place when she was 17, he
said. "She was a willing participant," he insisted.
"I did not undress her myself," added Bergbauer, who is illiterate
and used to work as an occasional labourer. He said they had consensual
sex around twice a week.
However, according to prosecutors, the daughter, now aged 46, said he
raped her in her parents' bedroom, in her own room and later in the
woods in the back of his car.
She also said he forced her into sex at knife-point, which Bergbauer
strenuously denied. "Never in my life have I done that," he said.
The daughter's lawyer, Andrea Kuehne, said her client was "shocked
and furious" at Bergbauer's statement that the sex was consensual.
"My client would never have pressed charges if she had felt that way," said the lawyer.


Of the three sons born as a result, two died and the other is handicapped.


The man faces up to 15 years behind bars if convicted.