Kiley, 54, and Jason Michel, 56, who were 28 and 30 at the time, denied the offences but in the Royal Court were found guilty of two counts of rape each, one initial incident, and a specimen charge which made up at least 10 further occasions of rape each.
‘You were her much older brothers who she looked to for safety, exploiting her vulnerability by drawing her in and making her feel safe,’ said Judge Catherine Fooks.
‘What you did was disgraceful and despicable, she was a vulnerable child who trusted you both and you breached that trust over a long period of time.
‘You do not accept what you have done, but she’s had to face a life sentence of hurt and damage from your actions.’
The woman first made a formal complaint to the police about the abuse in 2023.
The court was told that her parents had separated, and when she was 13 she moved in with her father and his partner.
Kiley, who was 28 at the time, was also living in the home.
The court heard that the woman described her relationship with him as ‘brotherly’ and she felt safe around him.
In return, Kiley told her that he felt he could talk to her about anything, and did so about inappropriate adult matters.
He began to hug and kiss her when no one else was around the home, and in his car, telling her not to tell anyone.
One night he went into the living room, where she slept on the sofa, and began touching her. He said that he knew it was not her first time – though the woman said she was still a virgin and knew that it would be wrong.
The court found Kiley guilty of the initial incident and on 10 further occasions, some of which were in his car when he took her for drives, and once when he forced her on the bed in her father’s bedroom.
He stopped when she threatened to tell her mother. He said it would ruin his life and that he would kill himself.
Instead she told Jason, Kiley’s older brother.
She said initially he supported her, acting like a big brother, until he also began inappropriately confiding in her and moving on to sex acts, and later, full intercourse, the first time as he laid on top of her and was hugging her.
The court found him guilty of further rapes, although he had denied any sexual interaction until after her 16th birthday.
In a victim impact statement, the woman said that her innocence and naivety made her subject to experience something no child should ever have to go through.
She had her virginity taken without her consent and said she was ‘just a little girl who had her world destroyed so many times’.
She said she was not a victim, but a survivor.
Defending Kiley Michel, Advocate Sam Maindonald said that her client maintained his position from the trial but accepted the court’s verdict.
He was a hardworking family man and his family was at the forefront of his mind.
He had been unable to find work since court proceedings started.
Defending Jason Michel, Advocate Alan Merrien said that there was no pre-planning, or violence and the sex had not been recorded.
His client was a family man and unlikely to cause future harm, he said.
In total, each man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the initial offence and 12 years in prison for the specimen charges, to be served concurrently.
They will both also be subject to three-year extended sentence licences and notification orders for 10 years, a condition of which is to have no contact with under-16s unless granted permission by a supervising officer.