A mum has admitted offering her 11-year-old daughter to a drug dealer in exchange for heroin.
April Corcoran pleaded guilty to the shocking deal so she could obtain the Class A drug from Shandell Willingham.
Corcoran,
32, then gave some of the heroin to her child while drug dealer
Willingham, 42, allegedly forced the girl to carry out sex acts.
The girl eventually went to live with her dad and stepmother, where she revealed the abuse she had suffered.
Corcoran was soon arrested and charged with human trafficking, corrupting another with drugs and endangering children.
She
pleaded guilty in an Ohio court, while Willingham, who is already
serving a 42-year prison sentence for an unrelated crime, was hit with
26 charges and face a life sentence.
Hamilton
County Prosecutor, Joseph Deters, told an Ohio court: “Even after all
my years as a prosecutor, I continue to be amazed at how badly parents
treat their children.
“What
this little girl endured is unimaginable and I can only hope that mum
and drug dealer’s prosecution, the love and support of her family, and
intense counselling will help this child regain some trust in the world.
“This case is Exhibit A for how devastating heroin is to our communities.”
Corcoran will be sentenced next month.
Yahoo News.
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