Woman who used Barbie dolls to rape and abuse children with paedophile ring jailed for life.

Marie Black, 34, and other seemingly ‘respectable’ adults raped and attacked two boys and three girls for more than a decade

Guilty: Marie Black has been jailed for 24 years after being at the centre of a paedophile ring

A woman who was at the centre of a paedophile ring which subjected five children to sickening abuse at sex parties was today jailed for life.

Marie Black, 34, and other seemingly ‘respectable’ adults raped and attacked the two boys and three girls for more than a decade.

A court heard that Black played an instrumental part in abusing the terrified youngsters in and around Norwich and London.
Ten people stood trial accused of being members of the paedophile ring - which forced the children to have sex with each other.

Black and two men were convicted of carrying out sex attacks, while another woman was found guilty of ABH.
At Norwich Crown Court today, Black was sentenced to life in prison. A judge told her she will serve a minimum of 24 years.

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Sentencing her, Judge Nicholas Coleman said: "The case is the most harrowing it has been my misfortune to try.
"I and the jurors had to listen to the truly gruesome detail of what took place.

"Your conduct towards these children can only be described as utterly depraved - the children were subjected to sexual abuse of the worst kind.


"They were simply passed around like toys."

Six other people, including four women, were cleared of all charges after a three-month trial.
The paedophile ring’s members threw parties and played card games to decide who would abuse which child, Norwich Crown Court heard.

The young victims were rewarded with certificates carrying slogans such as ‘secrets are good’ and ‘do not tell anyone’.
They were sexually assaulted in front of one another - and children’s toys, including Barbie dolls, were also used in sex acts.
The abuse became so routine that the victims, who were all aged under 13, came to accept it as normal.