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A Muslim man repeatedly beat his teenage daughter with an umbrella when he thought she may be gay, and had a photo of a man having his throat cut hung up in the lounge.
The man and his wife - who both have name suppression to protect their children - today pleaded guilty to a raft of child abuse offences when they appeared at Auckland District Court this morning.
He admitted 16 counts of abuse, including hitting and slapping his six children, and striking a child with a horse whip, while his wife pleaded guilty to two counts of assault on a child.