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A man and his son are accused of repeatedly beating and raping a 12-year-old girl who passed out from severe intoxication while drinking inside their rural Manitoba home.

Details of the July 2014 attack emerged publicly for the first time on Tuesday. It occurred on the Lake Manitoba First Nation, which is about 170 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

Adolph Swan, 26, pleaded guilty to sexual interference for his role in what police described as one of the worst abuse cases they’d ever seen. The victim suffered extensive injuries and major blood loss that required emergency surgery and resulted in long-term physical and emotional trauma, court was told.

Swan is expected to be sentenced later this spring following completion of a court-ordered report into his background, including his troubled upbringing. Lawyers are not making a joint-recommendation on his penalty. He remains in custody without bail.

Swan’s father, Robert, is still pending on charges including aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon for his alleged actions. He is presumed innocent. No trial dates have been set.

Crown and defence lawyer went to great pains Tuesday to ensure Adolph Swan was specifically agreeing to certain acts which occurred on the night in question. He swore an oath confirming responsibility, and his lawyer also signed an agreed statement of facts. This is likely to ensure future criminal proceedings can’t be clouded over who did what to the victim.

Court was told the teen girl was one of several people who gathered at the Swan residence and began drinking heavily. She also smoked marijuana and later told police she has little memory of what happened because she was going in and out of consciousness after playing a number of drinking games.

She described how Adolph Swan was trying to have sex with her that night, even though he was well aware she was only 12. The legal age of consent in Canada is 16. He offered her money and alcohol at one point, but she declined.

The victim described how she awoke on a bed, missing her clothes, and on a pool of blood. She managed to return home and told family members she had fallen down some stairs. She was taken to hospital in Lundar, where doctors expressed concern about her story and called police.

Adolph Swan later admitted to raping the victim. Police also found the victim’s underwear in a collection he had in his drawer. Lawyers say the girl was repeatedly beaten — with fists and a metal bar — and sexually assaulted again later that same night by a different person.

Jody Ostapiw, the lawyer for Adolph Swan, told court Tuesday it’s not clear whether her client specifically caused the injury which required surgery.

"We can’t know which of the assaults caused that specific injury," she said.

A detailed victim impact statement will be presented at the sentencing hearing.

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