A High Court sentenced a Hong Kong cook to 18 years in jail for persistently abusing his daughter. The judge also criticized him for attempting to keep the victim silent about the crimes.

A Hong Kong cook has been jailed for 18 years for persistently sexually abusing the daughter he shares with his mistress, also slammed by the judge for trying to keep the victim silent about the defendant’s crimes. The High Court on Wednesday said a deterrent sentence was necessary for the 61-year-old to reflect society’s abhorrence of the “evil” crimes he committed against the girl when she was aged 11 to 18. The accused, identified only by his initials TML to protect his daughter’s identity,.....