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A Belfast man who sexually abused his stepdaughter for 10 years, 49-year-old Tommy Harris, was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday. The abuse, the BBC reports, began in 1999, when Harris’ stepdaughter – Haileigh Ashton Lamont – was eight and continued until 2009, when Lamont was 18. Charges include rape, attempted rape, indecent assault, and indecent indecency with a minor. At the end of the sentence, the man will have to spend another eight years on probation