'I loved you like a father': child rape victim confronts uncle in court

Queenie van de Zandt, who says she wants to help encourage other victims to come forward. Picture by Tim Piccione

A victim's tears were a stark contrast to her seemingly emotionless uncle and perpetrator, who 37 years ago raped the then-child in the dead of night.

"I loved you like a father," Queenie van de Zandt said from the ACT Supreme Court witness stand on Thursday during a sentencing hearing.