Wicked' mother unable to conceive monitored her 12-year-old daughter's cycle and made her depraved partner RAPE her so they could have a baby
- A mother who had been sterlised asked her new partner to rape her daughter
- She hoped for another baby after learning she couldn't reverse the process
- They used the terrified 12-year-old as a surrogate mother, and she was raped after they monitored her cycle to find the best time to conceive
- She admitted conspiracy to rape and was jailed for six years, while he admitted rape and was jailed for 18 years
A
mother has been jailed for six years for asking her partner to rape her
daughter after monitoring her cycles because she couldn't have another
child of her own.
The mother and
step-father used the terrified 12-year-old as a surrogate mother,
forcing her to have sex with him until she conceived because her mother
was sterlised.
Warwick Crown Court heard the girl became pregnant and the baby has now been taken into care.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two charges of rape and was jailed for 18 years.
The girl was monitored to find out when would be best for her to conceive, before she was raped by her step-father. File photo
Her mother admitted conspiracy to rape and child cruelty and was jailed for six years.
The couple, in their 30s, from south Warwickshire, cannot be named to protect the girl's identity.
Judge
Andrew Lockhart QC said: 'It is the responsibility of those with the
gift of children to look after them and prepare them for life with love
and kindness.
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'Great trust is placed in the hands
of those who are parents; and when that trust is broken, great damage is
done to the child and to society.
'You planned to have a child together, but were told it was not possible.
'You both then decided that one way forward would be for her to become pregnant and for you to raise the child.
'That
was a wicked thing to do. It had no regard for her age or for the
future damage it would do, or for her welfare or the welfare of any
child that might be born.
They were jailed for a total of 18 years by a judge at Warwick Crown Court, above, who called their actions 'wicked'
'This was not just rape, but rape with the intention of ensuring the pregnancy of a 12-year-old child.'
The
court heard the girl's mum had 'actively encouraged her to become
pregnant' after she began a relationship with the man after meeting him
online.
Prosecutor Steven Bailey said
'an unhealthy atmosphere' developed in their home, with the man
mistreating the children and the mum taking his side against them.
The
mother had been sterilised, but after the couple began their
relationship she asked her GP if it could be reversed, and was told it
could not.
Mr Bailey said: 'That did not please the defendants, so they decided to do the next best thing.
'With
no regard for the feelings of the girl, let alone the baby they were
about to force on her, the plan was for him to have sex with her to get
her pregnant as a surrogate.
'The girl
says her mother told her they wanted her to get pregnant by him, and her
mother is on record as describing the pregnancy as a Godsend.'
The
girl had been raped each time after her cycle had been monitored to
ensure it took place at the best time for her to conceive.
Mr
Bailey said it was not known if the mum was party to the actual rapes,
'but she sought to take advantage of it for her own ends.'
The
couple were caught after their GP became suspicious when he confirmed
the girl was pregnant and she told a teacher her step-father had 'made
me do it'.
Mr Bailey said: 'Those and
other disclosures, including when she told a social worker that he had
had sex with her and was the father of her baby, led to her first
interview with the police.
'She had been raped by her step-father and was pregnant by her mother's encouragement.'
The girl bravely confided in a teacher, saying her mum had 'sacrificed' her for the chance of a baby.
Mr Bailey said: 'She [the girl] told the teacher "She made me do it. He raped me, but she asked me to do it, my own mum".'
The court heard the man originally denied rape, suggesting his partner had artificially inseminated the girl with his semen.
But on the first day of their trial, both changed their pleas to guilty.
Amy Jackson, defending the step-father, said: 'He fully accepts what he did to this young girl.
'He says he's sorry for what happened, and that they should not have put her through it.
'This
is a grave and unusual case. It is born of a selfish wish by these
defendants to have a child, and the use of a child to achieve those
desires.'
Nick Devine, defending the
woman, said: 'I accept this is a serious and unpleasant case. She only
has herself to blame, but she has lost everything in her life as a
result.'
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