South Australian mum accused of filming herself performing sex acts with her two children before trying to sell the videos online
A South Australian mother accused herself of filming sex acts with her two children before trying to sell the videos online
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A young mother is being taken to court after allegedly filming herself engaging in sex acts with her own children, aged two and four, before trying to sell the footage online.
The South Australian woman faced the Elizabeth Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with two counts of producing child exploitation material and one count of distributing the material knowing its pornographic nature.
She is said to have made six films between December 1, 2022 and January 4 this year, ranging from six seconds to one minute.
The woman allegedly made five videos with her two-year-old daughter and one with her four-year-old son, according to court documents obtained by The advertiser.
A South Australian mother allegedly filmed herself performing sex acts on her two-year-old daughter and four-year-old son before trying to sell the footage online
Police claim the videos show the naked mother performing sexually explicit acts on her children while they sleep.
An Australian Federal Police officer claimed in a witness statement that she had received a report from the eSafety office with information about the suspected woman.
The report alleged that the woman had contact with a man who “requested images of sexual acts involving her children in exchange for money.”
The information, including evidence of communications and video footage, was then sent to South Australia Police and the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET).
Police arrested the woman and seized her electronic items during a search of her home in the northern suburbs.
The woman was granted bail but applied for her bail address to be changed on Thursday.
She was granted police bail but appeared in court on Thursday requesting a change to her bail address.
The Northern Suburbs woman was charged in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court (pictured) with two counts of producing child exploitation material and one count of distributing the material knowing its pornographic nature
The woman will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in November.
The maximum penalty for producing or distributing child exploitation material is 15 years in prison.
The JACET has warned that crimes against children are no longer isolated to the dark web due to advances in cheap and affordable technology.
It comes after a joint taskforce, including detectives from the Australian Federal Police, South Australia Police and JACET, investigated as many as three new cases a week in 2022 and arrested 88 people on child exploitation charges.