German 'incest trucker' jailed

A German court has jailed for 14 and a half years an ex-trucker who admitted sexually abusing his daughter, stepson and stepdaughter, with whom he fathered eight children. In a trial that shocked the country and drew comparisons with the infamous...

A German court has jailed for 14 and a half years an ex-trucker who admitted sexually abusing his daughter, stepson and stepdaughter, with whom he fathered eight children.

In a trial that shocked the country and drew comparisons with the infamous 2009 case of Austrian Josef Fritzl, the man, named only as Detlef S., subjected his family to a horrific ordeal for more than 20 years, the court found.

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