A court today sentenced key figures in a mass paedophilia trial to up to 28 years in prison for their roles in a network that systematically raped and prostituted children in western France.

A French court today sentenced key figures in a mass paedophilia trial to up to 28 years in jail.

A French court on Wednesday sentenced one of the main suspects in a mass paedophilia trial to 18 years in jail on charges of raping three of his children and others.