Rick Thorburn, foster father killer of Tiahleigh Palmer, sentenced for rape and attempted rape of two girls

The man serving a life sentence for the murder of his foster daughter Tiahleigh Palmer has been sentenced for the rape and attempted rape of two girls.

Queensland man Rick Thorburn on Friday fronted court attempting to withdraw his guilty plea for 13 offences against the two girls.

They had attended the family daycare he ran from his Chambers Flat home.

Thorburn claimed he had amnesia and said he had effectively been bullied into pleading guilty.

But on Friday, after several hours of…