A Northlander who got a teenage girl pregnant and claimed someone else did it has been jailed for more than five years after tests showed he was the father.
Raymond Steiner, 45, appeared for sentencing in the Whangarei District Court after earlier pleading guilty to four charges of sexual connection with a young person.
He initially disputed that the baby was his but medical tests confirmed he was the father.
The court heard Steiner repeatedly had sex with the girl over two years.
Judge Duncan Harvey described Steiner's actions as "intolerable behaviour" for which he had to be held accountable.