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A warped man poured battery acid in his wife's eyes before making her have sex with her 11-year-old son.

Jerry Gilligan watched as the weeping woman was forced into unspeakable acts with the child.

The 72-year-old - a convicted murderer - has been told he is likely to die in prison following the sickening abuse in Kingman, Arizona.

He was convicted of the kidnapping and sexual torture or his wife and stepson at Mohave County Superior Court.

Prosecutors say wheelchair-bound Gilligan forced the family to perform sex acts on him and each other as he recorded it.

She later escaped and told police of her ordeal.

The attack took place in 2016. He was found guilty of 10 of the 18 charges he faced.

The court heard how it started after the distraught woman found him molesting the boy a their home.

He was found guilty sexual conduct with a minor under 12, aggravated assault by domestic violence, sexual exploitation of a minor and kidnapping.

Gilligan’s defense attorney Sandra Carr unsuccessfully attempted to claim his victims were lying by asking why the boy had not sustained physical injuries.

He will be sentenced at Mohave County Superior Court on December 5. Judge Billy Sipe has warned that he is likely to be jailed for life.