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Brother and sister team of child rapists, Matthew Thatcher and Emily Thomson, jailed 38 years for sex abuse against three children

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"post-title clear"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0d0101&semi;"><strong>Brother and sister jailed for sex abuse against three children in SW Wales<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"post-title clear"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0d0101&semi;"><strong>Matthew David Thatcher&comma; 26&comma; and Emily Thomson&comma; 18&comma; were jailed along with Mandy Wright&comma; 28&comma; after admitting to 36 counts of sexual abuse of the under-16s&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"post-title clear"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0d0101&semi;"><strong>Thatcher was charged with 15 offences&comma; including rape and sexual assault of a child<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"post-title clear"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0d0101&semi;"><strong>Thomson was charged with 16 counts including sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"post-title clear"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0d0101&semi;"><strong>Wright was charged with five offences&period; The court also imposed sexual harm prevention orders on the trio<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"post-title clear"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;0d0101&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"caption">Matthew Thatcher&comma; of Ely&comma; Cardiff<&sol;span>  was sentenced to 26 years in prison&comma; Thomson to 12 years&comma; and Wright has already been sentenced to<&sol;strong> seven years<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-body">&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-238743" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;matthew-david-thatcher-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Matthew David Thatcher 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"615" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Emily Thomson was infatuated with her brother Matthew Thatcher&period; The duo colluded to abuse children and have been jailed a total of 38 years between them <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Matthew David Thatcher&comma; 26&comma; and Emily Thomson&comma; 18&comma; were jailed along with Mandy Wright&comma; 28&comma; who was sentenced earlier for her part in the crime&comma; including possession of images of child sex abuse&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mandy Wright after admitting to 36 counts of sexual abuse of the under-16s&period; a court in Cardiff Wales&comma; sentenced Thatcher to 26 years&comma; Thomson to 12 years&comma; and Wright to seven years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The two siblings were sent to prison for a sustained horrific campaign of abuse against three children&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The court also heard that Thomson was infatuated with her brother and &OpenCurlyQuote;did not view him as a relative’&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Cardiff Crown Court heard yesterday that Thatcher and Thomson took photographs of themselves sexually assaulting the children and sent graphic messages about their abuse and discussed their planned abuse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-238745" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;emily-thomson-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Emily Thomson 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"615" height&equals;"615" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Emily Thompson&&num;8217&semi;s  defense said she was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;blinded with her infatuation” of brother Mathew Thatcher and that she was in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;love” with him and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;did not view him as a relative”<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The Recorder &lbrack;magistrate&rsqb;&comma; Eleri Rees said&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;The images and messages showed a careless disregard for the welfare of the children&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;Police officers discovered hundreds of images of kiddy porn depicting sexual abuse of children&period; Photographs taken during the trio’s abuse&comma; including dozens marked in the most extreme category&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Describing Thatcher&&num;8217&semi;s&&num;8217&semi; depravity&comma; Recorder Rees said&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;He discovered that he was capable of doing the most dreadful things&period; &OpenCurlyQuote;He was caught up in something that he found very difficult to get out of&period; It was a dreadful thing that was taking place&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;The harrowing abuse at one point caused the children to cry &OpenCurlyQuote;like they could not breathe’&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A medical examination of one of the young victims showed signs of &OpenCurlyQuote;chronic sexual abuse’&comma; the court heard&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The trio’s sustained abuse came to light after Mathew Thatcher was caught in a sting trying to hook up with what he thought was a 14-year-old he had been messaging on Facebook&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutor Suzanne Thomas told the court that the messages became &OpenCurlyQuote;sexual’ and they arranged to meet up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6>&NewLine;<strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-238678" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;08&sol;mandy-wright-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mandy Wright 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"683" height&equals;"618" &sol;>Mandy Wright convicted for her role in the child sex abuse ring&period; Serving a seven-year sentence<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Thatcher was charged with 15 counts&comma; including rape and sexual assault of a child&period; His sister and co-defendant Emily Thomson faced with 16 counts including sexual assault and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wright was charged with five counts of child abuse&period; The court also imposed sexual harm prevention orders on the trio&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Karen Thomas of South Wales Police&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Today&comma; Matthew Thatcher&comma; Emily Thomson&comma; and Mandy Wright have been given long and deserved sentences for what are abhorrent crimes which have had a devastating impact upon their victims&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyQuote;Absorbing the detail and the nature of the abuse committed by these individuals has been harrowing for even the most experienced professionals involved in the investigation&period; I would like to take this opportunity to publicly commend the bravery of the victims in this case – they have experienced things which nobody should have to endure&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;DCI Thomas added that the sentencing will &OpenCurlyQuote;in some way’ help the victims &OpenCurlyQuote;move forward with their lives’&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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