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A teaching assistant who helped her husband secretly film young girls at their West Midlands home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.A teaching assistant who helped her husband secretly film young girls at their West Midlands home has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.
Rosemary Foxall, 49, from Brownhills, was found guilty of 10 charges of making and possessing indecent images.Rosemary Foxall, 49, from Brownhills, was found guilty of 10 charges of making and possessing indecent images.
She prepared baths for the girls, while her husband Martin - who has since killed himself - secretly filmed them using hidden cameras.She prepared baths for the girls, while her husband Martin - who has since killed himself - secretly filmed them using hidden cameras.
Judge Nicholas Webb said Foxall had "fully assisted" her husband.Judge Nicholas Webb said Foxall had "fully assisted" her husband.
Swimming pools He said the couple had offered their victims, who cannot be identified, incentives such as toys, discos and swimming pools with water slides to come to their home which the girls found "impossible to resist".
He said the couple had offered their victims, who cannot be identified, incentives such as toys, discos and swimming pools with water slides to come to their home which the girls found "impossible to resist."
They were then filmed through a spy hole above a bath and by a camera hidden under a pile of clothes in a bedroom.They were then filmed through a spy hole above a bath and by a camera hidden under a pile of clothes in a bedroom.
Sex aids
Foxall was arrested after the videos were found following a fire at their home in July 2008.Foxall was arrested after the videos were found following a fire at their home in July 2008.
Judge Webb, speaking before sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court, said pornography and sex aids were also left "lying about" for the children to see, and that although the secret films were recorded on to VHS tape and had probably not been distributed, the victims could never be sure the footage would not be circulated on the internet in future. Judge Webb, speaking before sentencing at Wolverhampton Crown Court, said pornography and sex aids were also left "lying about" for the children to see.
He said although the secret films were recorded on to VHS tape and had probably not been distributed, the victims could never be sure the footage would not be circulated on the internet in future.
Foxall was also placed on the sex offenders register and banned from working with children.Foxall was also placed on the sex offenders register and banned from working with children.
Det Insp Gordon Roberts of West Midlands Police said the force was delighted with the sentence. Det Insp Gordon Roberts, of West Midlands Police, said the force was delighted with the sentence.
"This case involved two respected members of the community who exploited their position to target young girls invited to their home," he said."This case involved two respected members of the community who exploited their position to target young girls invited to their home," he said.
He thanked the victims for helping prosecutors and also thanked West Midlands Fire Service for reporting their findings.He thanked the victims for helping prosecutors and also thanked West Midlands Fire Service for reporting their findings.