Paedophile family jailed
A French court today sentenced key figures in a mass paedophilia trial to up to 28 years in jail.
In the harrowing case, prosecutors said 45 children between the ages of 6 months and 14 years were raped and abused by their parents, grandparents or acquaintances in a working-class neighbourhood of Angers from 1999 to 2002 – at times in exchange for small amounts of money, food, alcohol or cigarettes.
As defendants appeared one-by-one to hear their sentences, one of the main suspects, known only as Philippe V, received a 28-year jail term.
His son, Franck V, received an 18-year term. Franck V’s ex-wife, Patricia M, got 16 years.
Franck V was accused of allowing much of the abuse to occur at his flat in the western city of Angers.
In total, 65 people have been charged with molesting, raping and prostituting children.
Sentences for many others among the accused were still to come.
