A Trinidad and Tobago police officer has pleaded guilty to raping his daughter on several occasions over a three-year period. According to several reports, the attacks began when the child was nine years old.

The officer was arrested in July 2010, when his wife—the girl’s mother—found a DVD showing the man raping the child.

On April 7, the officer, who is currently on suspension, pleaded guilty before Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas during a virtual hearing.

He is to return to court on Wednesday (May 3) where he will be sentenced by a High Court judge.

Submissions will also be made on reporting conditions for the officer and his registration as a sex offender.

The officer confessed to raping the girl for the first time at the family’s home when she was just nine.

The information stated that from the date of the first incident, the officer continued to rape the girl two to three times a week until she was 12.

He faces five charges for rape, one for indecent assault and one for grievous sexual assault.