Posted on 10/29/2005 3:35:44 PM PDT by Loyalist
KITCHENER -- A Cambridge woman and her 25-year-old son were sentenced for incest and forgery yesterday for a five-year relationship that led to three more children in the family.
The 42-year-old woman was sentenced to 43 months behind bars while her son was given a 19-month conditional sentence.
They were found guilty in August of posing as husband and wife and having sex with each other between 1996 and 2001.
They cannot be named to protect the identity of their two children, who are now in foster care.
Their relationship only came to light after their third child, a 2-year-old girl, was rushed to hospital under suspicious circumstances in June 2001. The girl died from dehydration.
Her illness was later linked to an underlying medical condition -- common to children of incest -- called adrenal gland atrophy.
FALSE DOCUMENTS
Her parents were not held responsible for her death but police began an investigation that culminated in the couple's arrests on charges of incest, as well as fabricating and using false documents in an attempt to create a new identity for the son.
Justice Pat Flynn called the woman a "monster" during sentencing yesterday.
"I've never encountered a more bizarre case in my quarter-century in the law," Flynn said.
The couple actually got married and the man claimed to be his mother's husband. He even made up a new name, giving himself the title of prince. He donned a pair of glasses and adopted an English accent.
During the trial, jurors heard suspicious social workers pestered the woman for weeks to present her son and her husband together in one room.
She eventually said her son had died in a volcano in the Congo and gave up the charade only at the beginning of his sentencing hearing.
The man said that after hearing the overwhelming amount of evidence at the trial he finally believed he was actually his mother's son.
I don't have any information about this particular condition, but any disorder described as "common to children of incest" is likely to be a recessive genetic condition
eh?
But Hustler might.
:>)
No, but the DNC Greeting Card Company does:
"Dear Mom,
"Roses are Red,
"Violets are Blue,
"If our son was a girl,
"I'd have sex with her, too!
"Love,
Meanwhile I'm sure you've got some guys in Nigeria collecting money on the internet for your legal fees. On a percentage basis of course!
p.s. Bush lied
A pellet gun does the trick.
I presume this would be okay with libertarians, along with legalized drugs, open borders, isolationism, etc?
Oh so confusing ... homosexual marriage is ok because it is consenting adults in a loving relationship but a mom and kid who are consenting adults is wrong - huh!
Teacher marring a student a sin? Not as long the student is not under age.
OTOH incest has far more ramifications because of the genetic factor.
So, it is far fetched to compare an incest to under age marriage.
hush your mouth
SHAFT
WHAT is THAT and WHY is it common to children of incest?
Does this mean that there are so many children born of incest that we know all about illnesses exclusive to them?
Hmmmm.
A few years ago I was getting ready for bed when the teaser for the 10 oclock news came on and said " Coming up at 10 we'll tell you the story of a local man, his daughter and their 7 children..."
I stayed up a while longer that night.
I agree with you. After all, marriage is merely a social construction that can be modified according to law that reflects society's morality.
have you been into GLADD's talking points again?
Hey get in line. My Lawyer in Nigeria has evidence that I am the next of kin of said victim and the whole kit and kaboodle is mine.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Rex,
Another sad story of death and sex.
You killed yer pa and you loved yer ma
So you gotta go back to Arkasas
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