A man with schizophrenia who called police admitting he had sexually abused his daughter was released and went on to continue abusing her for another year.
The girl's younger sibling was also present in the room when some of the offending occurred.
The man, who has permanent name suppression to protect his daughter, was sentenced to two years, 10 months and one week's imprisonment when he appeared in the Palmerston North District Court for sentencing today.
He was convicted on four counts of indecent assault on a female under 12 years old and two counts of breaching a protection order.