A German man who fathered eight children with his stepdaughter, and also sexually abused his daughter and stepson, has been jailed for 14-and-a-half years.
The former trucker, named only as Detlef S, subjected his family to a horrendous ordeal lasting more than 20 years, the court in Koblenz heard.
His trial shocked Germany and drew comparisons in the media with the infamous case of Austrian Josef Fritzl.
Fritzl held his daughter Elisabeth as a sex slave in a cramped, homemade dungeon for 24 years.
He raped her and fathered seven children with her. He was jailed for life in 2009.
Detlef S, 48, confessed to 162 counts of sexual assault and grievous sexual assault of minors in a house in the village of Fluterschen.
Detlef S's house where the crimes took place
He admitted fathering eight children, one of whom died, with his stepdaughter, who is now 28.
And he also confessed to selling his stepdaughter and his biological daughter for sex, allegedly while he watched.
He received the jail sentence demanded by the prosecution, which was just six months less than the maximum term of 15 years.
Presiding judge Winfried Hetger said after he has served his time in prison, he will be placed in "preventive detention".
Detlef S's lawyers had argued the jail sentence should be reduced to nine years and six months.
The case has also exposed the failure of neighbours and authorities to find out what was happening.
Social workers conducted interviews with the family - but with S present.
The stepson, identified as Bjoern, said: "If you are a trained social worker, you are supposed to go there and interview the victims without the perpetrator being present, and not all together."
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