I saw this article this morning on the website of our local rag:
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-mu ... story.htmlBristol mum jailed for having sex with her 12-year-old son - while her partner watched
By The Bristol Post | Posted: August 05, 2014
A MOTHER had sex with her 12-year-old son while her abusive partner watched and coerced the pair on a webcam.
The 39-year-old woman was jailed for three years and three months after the shocking details of the case were revealed at Bristol Crown Court yesterday. But the man who appeared to instigate the horrific abuse is still at large because he is not in the UK.
Prosecuting, Mark Hollier, said the boy was 11 or 12 when the sordid incident took place at the family home in Bristol. It came to light when his mother was making a complaint at Next Link Domestic Abuse Services, in Queen Square, about her partner.
Mr Hollier said she "blurted" out that she had abused the elder of her two sons. Her confession was reported to Avon and Somerset police and she was taken to Southmead police station for questioning.
The boy was then interviewed about what happened.
Mr Hollier said: "In a very ordinary voice, he described an incident to the police officers about how his mother had given him a sex lesson in the main bedroom of the family home and this was observed by (the partner) via a webcam and computer link."
The court heard that the partner was watching from another country and that similar incidents had taken place abroad.
The boy described how he was directed to engage in sexual activity with his mum, before she performed a sexual act on him. He also told police that he could hear that she was being told what to do via earphones.
The mum was charged with engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a boy under 13, which she later admitted at court. Her two sons were taken into care by social services and are now living with a foster family.
The woman, who was in tears during much of yesterday's hearing, denied "volunteering" to have sex with her son.
Her barrister, Fiona Elder, said this was an "extremely unusual" case.
"She's absolutely devastated by the loss of the children and what she has done," she added.
A psychiatric report found the woman had a personality disorder which made her susceptible to being in abusive relationships and would become dependent on abusive partners, despite their treatment of her.
Miss Elder said her client was acting on instruction from her "highly destructive" partner.
Passing sentence, Judge Michael Longman said: "Your behaviour towards your son was contrary to human instincts and basic decency.
"It occurred after you met a man who clearly was controlling and over-bearing; a man who, it is also clear, should be prosecuted himself but is outside the jurisdiction and beyond the reach of this investigation. Even though he was at a distance from you, he continued to exert that influence, but you continued to behave towards your son in a way which, despite that pressure, your own instincts should have prevented."
As well as the prison sentence, Judge Longman imposed a Sexual Offences Prevention Order and ordered that the woman sign the Sex Offenders' Register indefinitely.
Police have been liaising with authorities in the other country, which cannot be named for legal reasons, to bring the man who ordered the abuse to justice.
I'm astonished she only got 3 years (likely to serve around 12 months) for something so horrific.