Jury hears of ‘atmosphere of fear’ as well as ‘suppressed and expressed violence’ in family home

Jury hears of ‘atmosphere of fear’ as well as ‘suppressed and expressed violence’ in family home

Accused described as ‘violent and domineering father’ who subjected daughters to ‘unreasonable chastisement’

Man (48) has pleaded not guilty to two counts of child cruelty and to two counts of raping his wife

‘We grew up knowing if we didn’t eat our dinner, we were going to get hit,’ trial hears