A man who sexually abused his friend's daughters in the 1990s has been jailed for more than nine years.
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ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Terence Higgins today jailed Michael Alan Gillard for nine years and nine months, with a non-parole period of five years and three months.
A jury in September found Gillard guilty of seven sexual offences committed against the older girl, and committing an act of indecency in the presence of her younger sister.
A second jury also found Gillard guilty earlier this week of sexual offences against the younger sister. Gillard is expected to be sentenced in relation to those charges next week.
Most of the offences occurred when the girls travelled from their interstate home to Canberra. Their brother was living in the capital, and the girls would regularly come to visit him, staying with Gillard at his unit on some occasions.
Gillard told the girls ''what happens in Canberra stays in Canberra'' when they stayed with him intermittently in the 1990s, but he told the court the comment wasn't serious and meant they could relax, stay up late and speak freely around him.