"I have been on the bench since 1998, and this is the worst case I have personally dealt with, including murders,” U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler told the defendants. "You robbed this child of her childhood and her soul, and a maximum sentence is the only sentence appropriate."
The couple, who lived in Florence, Alabama, pleaded guilty (Patricia pleaded guilty to 53 counts while Matthew pleaded guilty to 25 counts) in June to charges related to producing pornographic images of a child in their custody. It was learnt that the pornography was produced and distributed between the summer of 2010 and January 2013.
Both Ayers acknowledged in their plea agreements that they photographed the child engaged in lewd and lascivious poses, and that they both engaged in sexual acts with the child that the other person photographed.
Patricia also admitted that she sent the child pornography to a man in Texas and made arrangements for him to have sex with the child.
Source: Fox 8
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