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Couple jailed for sexual abuse, selling son to paedophiles online

By AFP | Aug. 7, 2018

**Even experienced police officers dealing with child abuse cases said the case was like nothing they had ever seen**

A German court handed down lengthy jail sentences Tuesday to a couple for repeatedly sexually abusing their young son and selling him to paedophiles online, in a shocking case that raised pointed questions about the competence of child protection services.

Following a criminal probe that even seasoned investigators said pushed them to the emotional limit, the regional court in Freiburg sentenced the boy's mother, Berrin Taha, to 12 and a half years in prison.

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