In handing down the sentences for two London parents, Justice Thomas Heeney told the court, “The facts of this case were the most egregious that I have encountered during my 26 years on the bench.”
This after a mother and father both in their 50s, who cannot be identified, were found guilty on a total of 33 criminal charges, including incest, sexual assault, unlawful confinement, and invitation to sexual touching.
The victims were four of their own children and the abuse started as early as 2002 when some of them were just toddlers and ended in 2020 when they were teenagers.
During the lengthy trial last spring, the court heard horrific details of how the children were forced into performing sexual acts, beaten, tied up, confined, and punished with hot sauce.
Justice Heeney said, “If they threw up after swallowing the tabasco sauce and soap, they were forced to eat …