A twisted couple have been jailed for six and a half years each after being found guilty of making indecent images and videos of their own children.
The man, 47, and woman, 34, who cannot be named for legal reasons admitted their crimes at Luton Crown Court. The pair, from Bedford, abused their children in what investigating officers said was a “stomach-churning series of crimes”.
The victims were both under 16 at the time and the court heard how their parents, from Bedfordshire, encouraged one of them to use a sex toy while they filmed it.
During the case, the woman pleaded guilty to one count of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of distributing an indecent photograph of a child and two charges of making indecent photographs of children.
The male pleaded guilty to one count of possessing an indecent image of a child and to counts of making indecent photographs of children.
Detective Constable Sarah Brookes, who led the case, said: “This was a particularly stomach-churning series of crimes, in which two young girls were coerced by those in a position of trust into performing vile acts for the offenders' sexual gratification.
“Though they may be too young to realise the full extent of what has happened to them, these offences will no doubt stay with these innocent victims for life. For this reason I am pleased the courts have issued a custodial sentence and this repulsive pair will spend time behind bars.”