Victim of Adelaide paedophile couple speaks out
The victim of a paedophile couple from Adelaide's northern suburbs has spoken out for the first time, labelling the offenders as "oxygen thieves" who don't belong on this earth. The court heard the victim was just 14 years old when the two men, who were family friends of the boy's parents, began grooming him.
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00:00 A mother and son outside court after reliving the trauma they've endured.
00:07 The now 19-year-old was sexually exploited when he was just 14 by two men he thought he could trust.
00:14 There's no room in the world for them, oxygen thieves really.
00:17 They don't need to be on the surface.
00:19 Yeah, they should be behind bars.
00:21 Stuart Ian Berry has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the victim. His ex-partner Matthew Campbell has pleaded guilty to producing child exploitation material.
00:31 The court has heard covert cameras and video files of children in various states of undress were found at their home during a police search.
00:39 Their victim today speaking out for the first time.
00:43 The cowardly and selfish actions just to get what you want, it's turned me into a person I don't recognise today, he said.
00:51 I will personally hate you until the day that I'm dead.
00:55 The victim's mother said the pair had betrayed her trust.
00:58 I look back now and I feel stupid for not seeing you both for the sick monsters you are, she said.
01:05 You both made me feel like I failed my children by not protecting them from monsters like both of you.
01:11 I trusted them, they told us that we were their nephews and they've gone and done this.
01:17 It makes you question who you can trust in this world anymore.
01:21 The men will return to court to be sentenced at a later date.
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