Rapist who turned daughter to sex slave, freed from jail

May 11, 2016 8:35 PM

Ronald Van der Plaat had reportedly kept his own daughter as a sex slave for 23 years, continuously raping her while her head was inside a box.

Ronald Van der Plaat

News reports have revealed that, despite fears of a repeat offence, an 82-yr-old man found guilty of turning his daughter into a sex slave and jailed for his crimes, has been freed.

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Ronald Van der Plaat had reportedly kept his own daughter as a sex slave for 23 years, continuously raping her while her head was inside a box.

The reports reveal that Plaat is one of New Zealand's most dreaded rapist following his discovery and had been jailed for 15 years for the sexual abuse of his daughter identified as, Ms Darke.

Plaat had reportedly abused his daughter in the most unthinkable manners, and would hang her up by her ankles or lock her head in a box with a padlock before he raped her.

The rapist has now been released to his Te Atatu address, where he had reportedly abused Ms Darke.

Plaat had been released briefly in 2010, but had been sent back to jail two years later after being seen 'walking beside an Asian girl holding her hand' at a museum in Auckland.

The court conditions for Plaat's release at the time, had been that he must wear a GPS bracelet at all times, was not allowed to leave his home between the hours of 10pm and 6am every day and was ban from going to places where children younger than 16 may frequent, including, parks, kindergartens, schools, childcare centres and libraries.

Operations Director Northern Region, Lynette Cave revealed that Plaat would be subject to 'nine standard and 12 special release conditions for a period of six months', but residents in the area are reported to believe that he could begin his raping spree all over again.

Member of Parliament in Te Atatu, Phil Twyford, said:

"There are real and just concerns in the community about the risk this man poses to the safety of vulnerable people given his appalling behaviour and the circumstances when he was last released."

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The abuse of Ms Darke, who reportedly waved her right to privacy, started when she had been nine-years-old and continued until she had been in her 30s, going on to write a book about her ordeal called, "Flight of the Dancing Bird."nh