Grandfather jailed for 28 years in paedophile trial

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.

In the harrowing case, prosecutors said 45 children between the ages of 6 months and 14 years were raped and abused by their parents, grandparents or acquaintances in a working-class neighbourhood of Angers from 1999 to 2002 – at times in exchange for small amounts of money, food, alcohol or cigarettes.