Mum gets 29yrs jail for child rape

Mum gets 29yrs jail for child rape

Hollie Beston pleaded guilty to child rape, child molestation, sexual exploitation of a minor and dealing in child pornography


Hollie Beston pleaded guilty to child rape, child molestation, sexual exploitation of a minor and dealing in child pornography

A woman in US who filmed herself and her husband raping their 4-year-old daughter and sent videos of the sexual abuse over the internet has been sentenced to 29 years to life in prison.

Hollie Beston, 32, pleading guilty in December to first-degree child rape, first-degree child molestation, sexual exploitation of a minor and dealing in child pornography.

Her estranged husband, Brian Beston, 36, had pleaded guilty to the same charges and was sentenced to a minimum of 26 years and maximum of life in prison last June.

After they each serve their prison terms, the Bestons would still be confined until state authorities decide whether they should be released.

Washington's King County Superior Court Judge Mariane Spearman sentenced Hollie on Friday, according to the county prosecutor's website.

The couple was arrested in October 2009 after the FBI found out about what they had done - from a man who is facing 42 years in prison for years of abusing a boy he was mentoring.

Richard Hockaday, reported the Bestons' alleged abuse "as part of his therapy," according to documents tendered in court.

He told investigators that he met the couple on Craigslist.

He said he had advertised himself as a single mother looking for parents in Seattle and San Diego with whom to carry out some sort of "fantasy".


Rapist dad...Brian Beston was sentenced to a minimum of 26 years in prison last June

Rapist dad...Brian Beston was sentenced to a minimum of 26 years in prison last June
He said he started talking to the couple about traveling to Seattle to have sex with the girl and soon watched Beston - who is 1.8m tall and 163.2kg - have sex with the child over a webcam.

At one point, Hockaday said he emailed the couple saying he didn't believe they were actually raping the child.

So to prove him wrong, Brian held up a sheet of paper with a current date on it to show that he was committing the rape in real time.

Hockaday said he received 40 to 50 pornographic images from the Bestons during the three months they were in contact.

Hollie was also accused of operating the camera and sending the images via a cellphone and the Internet. On her MySpace page, she described herself as "a mommy" and a "proud parent."

The child was taken into custody by Washington's State Child Protective Services.
Source: Agencies

Published Feb 22 2011



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