Couple jailed for selling their child to pedophiles on the internet

In a case that has horrified the nation, a German couple has been jailed for selling their son to pedophiles on the internet.

A German mother and her partner have been sentenced to prison for selling the woman’s son, who was eight years old at the time, to pedophiles on the internet

A court in southern Germany said in a statement Tuesday that the couple repeatedly raped and abused the boy from May 2015, and sold him online to pedophiles for sex since 2016.

The sexual abuse was filmed, and police were alerted to the sickening situation and arrested the pair in 2017.

The 48-year-old woman was sentenced Tuesday by Freiburg state court to 12-and-a-half years prison, her 39-year-old partner sentenced to 12 years.

The court also ruled that after the 39-year-old man has finished serving his sentence, he must also remain in preventive custody.

Several pedophile “clients” of the couple, have also been arrested and prosecuted in connection with the case. A Spanish man was also convicted.

The couple also sexually abused a three-year-old girl with mental health issues back in 2015. On several occasions, the girl had been given to the 48-year-old woman by her mother to care for her.

The couple has been ordered to pay the boy 30,000 euros ($35,000) in compensation, and 12,500 euros ($14,500) to the girl.