Nikhil Aiyush Kumar 
The judge imposed a non-parole period of 13 years and eight months. [Photo: FILE]
A 58-year-old man who repeatedly raped his three young nieces has been sentenced to 17 years and nine months in prison.
The offenses involved his nieces – aged 13, 11, and 7, who are biological sisters – and occurred over several months in a village setting between March 2024 and November 2025.
In his ruling, Justice Daniel Goundar said the crimes represented a serious abuse of trust, as the children viewed the offender as a father figure.
He noted that the prolonged offending caused significant and lasting physical and emotional harm.
Justice Goundar acknowledged the offender’s early guilty plea, noting it factored into the final sentence and spared the victims from the trauma of testifying in court.
The judge imposed a non-parole period of 13 years and eight months and encouraged the offender to undergo counseling and rehabilitation while in custody.
To protect the victims, the court granted an indefinite non-contact and non-molestation order and prohibited the publication of any information that could identify them.
