Christchurch pair face incest charges

A married couple have been sent for trial on charges of incest against their teenage daughter.

The Christchurch couple aged in their 40s, whose names are suppressed, are accused of sexual offences against the girl last year, when she was aged 17.

Police said the girl had been removed from her family home at the age of 3 and the alleged offences took place when she returned to live with her parents.