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German couple jailed for selling son to paedophiles on dark net | German couple jailed for selling son to paedophiles on dark net |
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A woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net for sex has been jailed for 12 years and six months by a court in southern Germany. | A woman who sold her son to paedophiles on the dark net for sex has been jailed for 12 years and six months by a court in southern Germany. |
The Freiburg court also jailed her partner, the boy's stepfather, for 12 years. The boy was nine when the trial began in June. | The Freiburg court also jailed her partner, the boy's stepfather, for 12 years. The boy was nine when the trial began in June. |
Berrin T, 48, and Christian L, 39, are both German nationals, living in Staufen near Freiburg. | |
The dark net is an internet area beyond the reach of mainstream search engines. | The dark net is an internet area beyond the reach of mainstream search engines. |
On Monday the court jailed a Spanish man for 10 years for sexually abusing the boy repeatedly. | |
Five other men have also been prosecuted in connection with the abuse. | |
The couple were found guilty of rape, aggravated sexual assault of children, forced prostitution and distribution of child pornography. | The couple were found guilty of rape, aggravated sexual assault of children, forced prostitution and distribution of child pornography. |
During the trial it emerged that the couple had sexually abused the boy themselves for at least two years. | |
The boy is now living with foster parents. | The boy is now living with foster parents. |
The couple must now pay €42,500 (£38,000; $49,200) in damages to the boy and to a three-year-old girl, who was also abused by them. | |
Authorities criticised | |
German media report that child welfare authorities in Baden-Württemberg state have been heavily criticised for failing to stop the couple's abuse. | |
The boy had been removed from the couple temporarily by social workers, but was then handed back to them. | |
Spiegel news website reports that welfare officers had not exchanged information about the case that could have led them to the couple's crimes. | |
According to case psychiatrist Hartmut Pleines, quoted by Spiegel, Berrin T's claim that she was in thrall to her partner when she committed the abuse, was false. | |
She did not explain her actions, but her partner did speak a lot in court during the two-month trial, Spiegel reported. |