A slaughterhouse worker who impregnated his half-sister in Australia has been deported to New Zealand after being convicted of committing incest.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had drunken sex with his half-sister when he was 25 and she was 16 at their mother’s home in Melbourne in 2017.
She later gave birth to a boy.
Victoria Police were tipped off to the incest and executed a search warrant at the Queen Elizabeth Center, where the mother was recovering with the child, in July 2018, shortly after the child was born.
Police seized one of the child’s diapers and took swabs from his pacifier for DNA testing.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had drunken sex with his half-sister when he was 25 and she was 16 at their mother’s home in Melbourne in 2017 (stock image)
In May 2021, the man was arrested and police obtained a DNA sample. The results showed that he was 1.6 million times more likely to be the biological father than another man drawn at random from the population.
He had moved out of his mother’s house after the incest occurred, but moved back in when the baby was born to help raise him.
However, once he was arrested, he was no longer allowed to contact his half-sister.
In May last year, the man pleaded guilty in the County Court of Victoria to sexual penetration of a sibling or half-brother and was sentenced to six months in prison.
In May last year, the man in the County Court of Victoria (pictured) pleaded guilty to sexual penetration of a sibling or half-brother and was sentenced to six months in prison.
Despite the guilty plea, he struggled to accept responsibility for his actions. He told a neuropsychologist: ‘I was just angry and she came at me like a dirty bastard.’
The man also had a litany of previous convictions in 2016 and 2017, including possession of ammunition and a knife, fighting occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of dangerous drugs.
He was born in Australia to New Zealand citizens before moving to the country at the age of 4. He returned to Australia at the age of 21.
Now his visa has been revoked and sent back to New Zealand after an appeal, according to the February Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal decision.
This despite a threat to his life.
“The applicant stated that some time after he moved out of his mother’s house, he spoke to his father about the incest via Facetime,” the tribunal said.
“He said his father was ashamed and told him not to come back to New Zealand and that he would kill him if he did.”
The man was described as having ‘low average intelligence and limited education’, and had secured limited jobs in a slaughterhouse and cleaning roles.
He appealed the Australian Immigration Minister’s decision to revoke his visa.
The appeal court heard witnesses, including his mother and half-sister, who said he was “not a bad person.”
“She said he had learned from his mistakes and that he could remain in Australia,” the tribunal said.
“She said that her son looks up to the applicant and loves him unconditionally, and that he would be very upset if the applicant were deported.”
The appeal was rejected and he was deported.
The man’s crimes were deemed to have caused ‘serious harm to individuals in the Australian community, and in particular long-term harm to the victim of his incest crime, to her family and to his son’.
“He is not someone who has lived in Australia from an early age,” the tribunal ruled.
‘He spent his formative years in New Zealand and returned to Australia as an adult.
“His offending began shortly after his arrival. Although he has been in Australia for about nine years, he has made little positive contribution to the community.”