Couple charged with sexually assaulting nine-year-old son

Couple charged with sexually assaulting nine-year-old son

November 17, 2009 2:03PM

A COUPLE have been served with AVOs today after being charged with sexually assaulting their nine-year-old son and putting images of him on the internet.

Police allege the couple from Peakhurst, SYDNEY assaulted the boy between January 1 and November 10 this year.

They faced life imprisonment if found guilty of the alleged sex crime.

Court documents allege today the man, 56, "did have sexual intercourse with his nine-year-old biological son, this was uploaded via live webcam.

"Also located on his computer were numerous graphic images of child pronography."

Court papers also said the woman, 48, "did fail without reasonable excuse to bring information to the attention of a member of the police force...knowing that a serious indictable offence had been committed - her nine year old son was being used for child pronographic purposes and was being sexually abused by (his father)".

The pair appeared separately at Sutherland Local Court where they did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.

Although they were remanded in custody, they were both handed apprehended violence orders against their son, which stops them from contacting him while behind bars.

When asked if he understood the AVO, the man said: "It means I can't go near him?"

Magistrate Clare Farnan replied: "You can't go near him, you also can't ring him up, you can't send him a letter, you can't talk to him, do you understand?"

"I won't go anyhwere near him," the man said.

The woman said only "Yes", when asked if she understood the AVO.

The couple were arrested at their home last night and the man was charged with two counts of sexual intercourse with a person under 10 under his authority, one count of aggravated indecency with a victim under 16, one count of used child under 14 years of age for pornography, one count of produce, disseminate or produce child pornography and another count of aggravated indecent assault, victim under his authority.

The woman faces four charges including sexual intercourse (victim under 10 under her authority), concealed a serious indictable offence, aggravated indecency (victim under 16) and incite aggravated idencency (victim under authority).

They were remanded in custody and will appear at Central Local Court on January 5, 2010.

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