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Feb 2023
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THE AUSTRALIAN
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They were branded ‘evil’ – a mother and father convicted of torturing and abusing their daughter as a sex slave.
The father is serving 48 years in jail – the longest sentence in Australian history for child abuse. His wife is serving 16 years. Yet the parents insist they are innocent victims of overzealous police and a mental health system gone haywire.
Investigative journalist Richard Guilliatt explores a spectacular collision of memory, therapy, trauma and conflicting ‘truths’ in this gripping new podcast from The Australian.

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