A German 48-year old citizen and her 39-year old partner have been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of repeatedly raping her son. If that's not enough, the filth also sold the boy to pedophiles she found on the Dark Net, who further abused the child and filmed it, over a two-year period. It goes without saying that Germany, and most anyone else that's heard about it, has been horrified by the case.

From The Guardian:

In Tuesday's verdict, the couple was ordered to pay €42,500 (£38,000) in compensation to the boy and another victim, a young girl. Local authorities have been accused of failing to protect the boy, who now lives with a foster family. The mother's partner was supposed to be banned from having contact with children. Officials removed the boy from the family in March last year, but a local court sent him back weeks later.

According to The Telegraph, six others were jailed for their involvement in the sexual abuse of the boy. Because of the way that Germany handles criminal cases that involve rape, none of the parties responsible can be named by the media.

I can't even begin to imagine the life-long harm that's been done to those kids in the name of self-fulfillment and greed, nor can I understand the how a system designed to protect society's most vulnerable failed them them so completely.

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