An Australian couple have pleaded guilty to having sex with their nine-year-old son. The 48-year-old woman and her 57-year-old husband were charged in November 2009 with multiple offences relating to the repeated sexual assault of their son, who is now aged 10. Authorities were alerted to the family after the nine-year-old propositioned a girl at his school for sex.
Police arrested the couple at their home in Sydney's south on November 16, 2009, and they have not seen their son since being taken into custody. In Sydney's Central Local Court on Thursday, the father pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse with his son, two counts of committing an indecent act, using the nine-year-old for child pornographic purposes, indecently assaulting his son, possessing child pornography and using the internet to offend.
The mother pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse with her son and two counts of committing an act of indecency. On one occasion, the woman performed a sex act on him while the man filmed it. The footage was later posted online. The family are known nudists.
Both parents have been refused bail and an order is in place preventing them from having any contact with their son until he reaches adulthood. The pair are due to face Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on June 4. The woman will be involved in discussions about an apprehended violence order involving her son, enacted by prosecutors on his behalf, on June 11 at Central Local Court. For legal reasons, none of the parties involved can be named.
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