The parents agreed to look at child porn videos made by a TV star, in a bid to identify the young girls who were abused.
Music teacher Lucian Darie, who found fame after singing on Romania's version of The Voice, was arrested when the parents of one of the girls complained that their daughter said he had assaulted her.
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Police then seized the man's computer, where they uncovered hundreds of pornographic movies - mostly involving girls aged between six and seven.
However, with many of the videos not showing the girls' heads, police decided the only way to identify any of the other victims was to contact the parents of girls he had taught.
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The parents, who have been offered counselling after viewing the shocking images, identified several other students.
This, alongside incriminating DNA evidence, has given police enough evidence to send man is now due to go on trial for the sexual abuse of under-aged girls while in a position of trust.**
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Police have since defended the decision to ask the parents to help, saying that it was the only way to make sure victims who would need help could be identified.**
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