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| Norfolk child sex abuse case: Marie Black guilty | Norfolk child sex abuse case: Marie Black guilty |
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| A woman has been found guilty of the sexual abuse of children. | A woman has been found guilty of the sexual abuse of children. |
| Marie Black, 34, of Norwich, stood trial with nine others, including five women, at Norwich Crown Court. | Marie Black, 34, of Norwich, stood trial with nine others, including five women, at Norwich Crown Court. |
| She was said to be at the centre of abuse and denied 26 charges. A jury has convicted her of all but three counts. | She was said to be at the centre of abuse and denied 26 charges. A jury has convicted her of all but three counts. |
| She was found guilty of offences including rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Two men were found guilty of child sex abuse charges and a woman of assault. | |
| Michael Rogers, 53, from Romford, was found guilty of 14 counts including cruelty, rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. | |
| Jason Adams, 43, from Norwich, was found guilty of 13 similar counts. | |
| Carol Stadler, 59, from Norwich, was found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm but cleared of nine other charges, including serious sexual assaults. | |
| Six other defendants, Anthony Stadler, 63, Nicola Collins, 36, Andrew Collins, 52, Judith Fuller, 32, Denise Barnes, 34, and Kathleen Adams, 84, all from Norwich, were cleared of all charges. | |
| Black sobbed uncontrollably in the dock as the verdicts were delivered. | |
| Abused at parties | |
| Opening the trial, prosecutor Angela Rafferty QC said Black, previously known as Marie Adams, played an instrumental role in using the five children as "sexual playthings". | |
| The abuse, which is said to have happened in and around Norwich and London, included forcing the children to have sex with one another. | |
| On some occasions, the adults threw parties and played card games to decide who would abuse which child, Mrs Rafferty said. | |
| In interviews the victims described how they were abused in front of one another and other adults. | |
| Some of the abuse involved children's toys, including Barbie dolls. | |
| All of the defendants denied abusing the children, saying it simply did not happen. |