The fact that he got away with it once likely made him even more careless.
I would hope that he gets locked away more permanently this time.
Two charges is a pattern that the law will not overlook if he was not exonerated of the first charge already.
It’s actually appalling that he did this to the kid; with the mother gone and himself being under criminal suspicion; it’s highly likely that it would’ve been easy for him to have the child adopted by another responsible couple.