A man who sexually abused his own daughter tried to take his own life by slashing his throat with a razor blade in the dock.
The defendant, who cannot be named to protect his six-year-old victim, tried to kill himself after he was told that he was guilty of the offence.
After hearing two guilty verdicts of sexual assault, he repeatedly slashed his throat in front of the jury and judge.
Custody officers dragged him to the ground, while his ex-wife shouted from the public gallery, “Go on bastard, do it.”
He had smuggled the razor blade into the court under his watch. After inflicting the injuries on himself, he was taken to hospital where he was treated for ‘superficial’ neck injuries.
He was jailed for five years for the latest conviction, to run consecutively with a seven-year sentence for unrelated burglaries, motoring and other offences.
The jury’s verdicts convicting…
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