Spanish woman arrested for 'selling naked photos of three daughters to paedophiles'
The 41-year-old allegedly sold the images to a dating website
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Your support makes all the difference.A mother has been arrested by police in Spain for allegedly selling naked photographs of her three daughters to paedophiles on the internet.
An investigation into the 41-year-old began after her eldest daughter, 15, and the woman's former partner made a complaint at a station in Seville, The Local reported.
In a statement released by police, the girl claimed her mother had taken pictures and made videos of her and her two sisters, aged seven and eight.
She said they were made to pose suggestively - including with dummies in their mouths and with their hair in braids.
Another child, the niece of the woman's former partner, aged eight, also appeared in the shots, according to reports.
The statement said: "At first the mother told them that the images were for fashion castings and the pictures of them nude and in their underwear were needed to show their size."
But over time, they said, they realised they were being sold to men via a dating website.
"The mother then told them they needed money to eat and there were men who paid money for these images," the official statement said.
"The minor also told officers that she and her sisters were repeatedly beaten with a stick by her mother if they refused to take photographs."
Police said the eldest girl, who handed in a mobile phone and computer belonging to her mother which contained the alleged nude images, was sent to meet with the men who bought the images to collect the money.
The woman was arrested on 15 October, and a 49-year-old man - believed to be a buyer - was arrested a week later.
The woman has reportedly been ordered to stay away from her daughters and her former partner's niece as the investigation continues.
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