Another occurrence saw the same child put in a wheelie bin at night

In one incident the mother also left her disabled son, 8, on the road

Two of her three children, all under the age of 11, have cerebral palsy

The children were encouraged to say the abuse was by their father

Mother coached her three children to say they had been sexually abused

A mother has lost custody of her three children, two with cerebral palsy, after she taught them to say their father had sexually abused them.

A family court judge in Australia found the children had not been mistreated by their father instead ruling that the mother and their maternal grandmother emotionally abused them.

The mother and grandmother were found to have 'promoted and encouraged the children to make disclosures of inappropriate behaviour by the father,' said Justice Sharon Johns, reported the Courier Mail.

A mother has lost custody of her three children, two with cerebral palsy, after teaching them to say their father had sexually abused them (stock photo)

Sole custody of the children was given to their father who lives in a different state to the mother.

'The children are mightily burdened by their responsibility to support their mother's view of events,' said the judge.

The court also heard that the children were mistreated and were in potential danger.

The father told the court that on one occasion his eight-year-old son with cerebral palsy was left on the side of the road by his mother as she drove off.

The same boy also endured a 'cruel and unusual punishment' by his grandmother by putting him in a wheelie bin at night even though he was afraid of the dark.

The mother can now only contact her children through Skype, mail or while under supervision.

'I have no confidence that the children would ever have the opportunity of a meaningful relationship with the father were they to remain in the mother's care,' said the judge during a ruling early last month.