Australian couple sentenced to decades in prison for child sex abuse after using victims as ‘playthings’

One man sentenced to 37 years behind bars and other to 26 years for ‘prolonged and egregious’ abuse

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Two men who committed hundreds of acts of child sexual abuse – including against family members and children at a childcare centre – have been sentenced to decades in prison for their crimes.

The men, aged 25 and 30, used their many victims as “playthings” before their arrests in June 2020, a judge declared on Tuesday during their sentencing in Sydney.

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