Riga man sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual abuse of stepdaughter
The Riga City Court sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for sexually abusing his wife's daughter, including rape, and for producing and possessing child pornography. The sentence follows a court-approved plea agreement.
The Riga City Court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison and four years of probation supervision for the sexual abuse of his stepdaughter, including rape, as well as for producing and possessing child pornography. The prosecutor's office informed the news agency LETA. The court approved a plea agreement on guilt and punishment that a prosecutor had concluded with the defendant.
What prosecutors established
From January 2023 to December 2025, the man repeatedly and over a long period sexually abused his wife's daughter. Before the victim turned 16, he used physical force against her will to carry out a sexual act involving vaginal penetration. Exploiting the influence he had built up over time and threatening to kill or drown her, he forced her to perform oral acts and to have sexual relations against her will. The abuse continued after the victim reached adulthood.
The man also used the victim to produce pornographic material. He secretly filmed her naked in a bathroom, demanded that she take nude photos herself, and also photographed and filmed her personally. He stored the material on a laptop.
Plea agreement and preventive measure
The man fully admitted his guilt and agreed to the sentence. In concluding the agreement, the prosecutor took into account the nature of the offences, the harm caused, the defendant's character, and mitigating and aggravating circumstances. During the criminal proceedings the man was detained, and the court left his preventive measure, custody, unchanged.
Similar case in Zemgale
It has been reported that last week the Zemgale District Court sentenced a father to 20 years in prison and six years of probation supervision for sexual abuse of his minor daughter. The man was taken into custody in the courtroom. Between February 2020 and November 2022 he repeatedly committed acts of a sexual nature against his daughter, who was under 16.
The prosecutor's office urges anyone with even the slightest suspicion that a child may have been abused to contact the State Police immediately.
