German mother jailed for prostituting young son online

A German woman and her partner have been jailed after prostituting a 9-year-old boy to pedophiles they found online. Investigators say it’s one of the most horrific child abuse cases they’ve ever seen.

A court in southwestern Germany on Tuesday sentenced a 48-year-old woman to 12 and a half years in prison for offering her nine-year-old son up for sex on the darknet in exchange for payment. The woman’s 39-year-old partner was given a 12-year sentence followed by preventative detention.

They were the main suspects in a pedophile ring that operated out of Staufen, near the city of Freiburg.

The couple — named as Berrin T. and Christian L. — both confessed not only to prostituting the victim out to a number of men, but also to carrying out abuse themselves.

Read more: Staufen child sex abuse case: Spanish national sentenced to 10 years in prison

Eight people have been tried, including this 44-year-old German, who asked the boy’s mother if he could rape then kill him

Details of the case

• Investigators charged Berrin T. and her boyfriend with nearly 60 acts, including forced prostitution, verbal intimidation and abuse, extreme humiliation, physical bondage and rape.
• They say the couple allowed a number of foreign and local men they found on the darknet to rape and abuse the nine-year-old over a two-year period in exchange for thousands of euros.
• Video recordings of many of the crimes were traded online, some of them showing the boy masked and tied up.
• Police uncovered the pedophile ring in September 2017 after an anonymous tip-off.
• Officers arrested eight suspects including Berrin T. and her partner — who has a previous child abuse conviction.
• Three German men, one Swiss national and a Spanish citizen have so far been sentenced to prison terms ranging from eight to 10 years.

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