Incest accusations in Christchurch

A teenage girl removed from her family home at age three was the victim of incest by her parents a week after going back to live with them, police say.

The parents, 48 and 46, names suppressed, are accused of the offences against their daughter between February 18 and July 10 this year, when she was 17.

They appeared in the Christchurch District Court yesterday after having psychiatric examinations, and were released on bail to reappear this month to set a date for a depositions conference. The conference will decide if there is a case to answer.