A 35-year-old man was this evening jailed for 14 years after jurors found him guilty by seven votes against two of raping his eight-year-old daughter eight years ago.

The trial, held behind closed doors, started on Tuesday.

The man was also found guilty by eight votes against one of illegally holding her against her will and defiling his daughter and by seven votes against two of defiling another three-year-old girl.

Investigators had found that the man secretly filmed himself having sex with the woman at her house while, at the same time, lifting the three-year-old.

A ban was ordered on the man’s identity to protect the victims. The crimes were committed on and before October 2006.

Assistant Attorney General Philip Galea Farrugia and lawyer Nadia Camilleri prosecuted. The man was represented by lawyer Joe Brincat

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