UK adopted kids abused, sold for sex
London, Aug. 18: A British couple, who adopted two girls after passing several tests, compelled them to undergo horrific sexual abuse for money, a media report said on Wednesday.
The man and his wife passed a number of checks that allowed them to adopt when the younger girl was just five, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday.
“But after two years the husband began to sexually assault her,” a crown court in Manchester was told.
“Later, allegedly with the full knowledge of the wife, they allowed both girls to be minded after school by a pair of paedophiles,” the court heard.
When one of the children told her adoptive mother what was going on, she replied, “Just leave it, we’ll have to see what happens.”
She later added that she could do nothing, as one of the men helped us with money and a car, it is alleged.
One of the abusers, Colin Molloy, 46, was jailed indefinitely last year for nine counts of raping the younger girl when she was eight. Samuel Nelson, 43, who preyed on the older girl, was given nine years.
The parents stood trial over their alleged role on Tuesday.
“The husband abused the younger girl over a six-year period,” the court heard.“While the sexual assaults were taking place, the couple started loaning the sisters to Molloy and Nelson.”
It came to light when a teacher was told that an uncle had been touching her.
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