Two sisters who suffered more than a decade of sexual abuse at the hands of their paedophile father said “justice had been done” after appeal Court judges doubled his prison sentence.

The 70-year-old Bradford lorry driver, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his victims, had his sentence increased to 11 years for subjecting three of his daughters to a decade of sickening abuse.

They were all under ten years old when they were hit with a belt, locked naked in a cellar and repeatedly sexually abused.

They also had their hair cut short to expose them to ridicule.

The brave women, who are now middle-aged, had to re-live the harrowing details of their abuse after their father denied 29 charges during a trial at Bradford Crown Court last September.

One of the women abused sobbed uncontrollably after hearing judges at London’s Criminal Appeal Court had increased her brutal father’s sentence. The woman, who lives in Shipley, yesterday said: “It has taken nearly 40 years but we have done it. It is something that, at time, I thought was never going to happen but now we feel that justice has been done.”

Her sister, a mother-of-one, said: “It has been so hard to carry on but today I feel like I can breathe properly again.

“It has been an ordeal and I am glad it is all over.”

Their other sister, the third abuse victim, has been estranged from the family for 12 years.

The sisters had been told the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was to appeal the five-year sentence handed down by Judge Jonathan Rose, in November.

They had backed the decision to appeal, but were not confident the jail term would be extended.

One said: “They had said in letters not to get my hopes up. They said it would be a bonus if his sentence was increased.

“Then the CPS rang me as soon as they got out of the courts in London and told me. I am really, really pleased because the sentence he was given was not enough.

“This is what he should have got in the first place.

“This means that we can pick up the pieces, move on and get on with our lives.”

The father had attempted to portray himself as a loving family man at his trial, a defence Judge Rose said was “a lie from beginning to end”.

Solicitor General, Edward Garnier QC, urged the Appeal Court to increase the sentence due to the serious impact his crimes had had on his daughters.

Lord Justice Hughes said the sisters had “carried the scars of the abuse” and “the continuing consequences of it” to this day.

“The family has been very largely destroyed by this man’s behaviour.”