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Mother forced child sex acts for man online
Jordan Baker Chief Police Reporter
April 5, 2008
A WOMAN has been jailed for at least nine years for forcing her daughters aged six and nine to perform sex acts on each other, photographing them and emailing the pictures to an American man she met over the internet.
Judge Jennifer English said the photographs were stomach-churning and described the woman's conduct as vile.
"It is almost incomprehensible that a mother of two young girls could behave such a way," she said yesterday.
The 41-year-old Sydney woman was arrested after US police found her boyfriend's laptop and alerted NSW police. The woman pleaded guilty to eight charges.
The District Court at Penrith heard the woman began emailing the American in early 2005. At first he asked her to think of games for adult sex parties. Then he revealed a foot fetish. Soon she was masturbating on webcam.
He asked her to photograph her 13-year-old niece naked. She had told the girl: "If you do this, I will buy you a phone and some PlayStation games." When the teenager refused, she had brandished scissors and threatened to cut her clothes off.
The emailing stopped after the woman resisted the man's request to photograph some local boys, but contact resumed in early 2006. He asked her for explicit photographs of her daughters, making suggestions about poses and dress.
She said: "You know me, I will do all that I can." In June, she picked her daughters up from school and told them they would have some fun and take some nude pictures. The next day she emailed the photos to the American.
Judge English said the woman was intelligent and articulate. She studied at university and worked in hospitality before opting to be a full-time mother.
Initially, she failed to accept the gravity of her crime. A psychologist reported she believed her children had not been harmed by the photographs because she said it would not happen again and told them not to tell anyone.
She blamed the American for coercing her. She was a typical untreated sex offender, the psychologist found, and needed treatment.
Earlier this year, however, the woman saw the photographs again and was shocked. They were more graphic than she remembered. She co-operated with authorities because she "needs to stop [the man] doing this to anyone else".
Judge English said the woman was now "truly remorseful and contrite".
But her behaviour had been "outrageous and disgusting", and the girls were violated in the "sanctity of their own home". The children were incapable of standing up for themselves against the wishes of their mother.
The woman was sentenced to 13 years and nine months jail, with a non-parole period of nine years. She will be eligible for parole in 2015.
Jordan Baker Chief Police Reporter
April 5, 2008
A WOMAN has been jailed for at least nine years for forcing her daughters aged six and nine to perform sex acts on each other, photographing them and emailing the pictures to an American man she met over the internet.
Judge Jennifer English said the photographs were stomach-churning and described the woman's conduct as vile.
"It is almost incomprehensible that a mother of two young girls could behave such a way," she said yesterday.
The 41-year-old Sydney woman was arrested after US police found her boyfriend's laptop and alerted NSW police. The woman pleaded guilty to eight charges.
The District Court at Penrith heard the woman began emailing the American in early 2005. At first he asked her to think of games for adult sex parties. Then he revealed a foot fetish. Soon she was masturbating on webcam.
He asked her to photograph her 13-year-old niece naked. She had told the girl: "If you do this, I will buy you a phone and some PlayStation games." When the teenager refused, she had brandished scissors and threatened to cut her clothes off.
The emailing stopped after the woman resisted the man's request to photograph some local boys, but contact resumed in early 2006. He asked her for explicit photographs of her daughters, making suggestions about poses and dress.
She said: "You know me, I will do all that I can." In June, she picked her daughters up from school and told them they would have some fun and take some nude pictures. The next day she emailed the photos to the American.
Judge English said the woman was intelligent and articulate. She studied at university and worked in hospitality before opting to be a full-time mother.
Initially, she failed to accept the gravity of her crime. A psychologist reported she believed her children had not been harmed by the photographs because she said it would not happen again and told them not to tell anyone.
She blamed the American for coercing her. She was a typical untreated sex offender, the psychologist found, and needed treatment.
Earlier this year, however, the woman saw the photographs again and was shocked. They were more graphic than she remembered. She co-operated with authorities because she "needs to stop [the man] doing this to anyone else".
Judge English said the woman was now "truly remorseful and contrite".
But her behaviour had been "outrageous and disgusting", and the girls were violated in the "sanctity of their own home". The children were incapable of standing up for themselves against the wishes of their mother.
The woman was sentenced to 13 years and nine months jail, with a non-parole period of nine years. She will be eligible for parole in 2015.
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