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Two men who committed hundreds of acts of child sexual abuse - including against family members and kids under their watch at a childcare centre - have been handed a combined 63-year sentence for their crimes.
The men, who are aged 25 and 30, used their many victims as 'play things' before their arrests in June 2020, a judge declared during their sentencing on Tuesday.
The duo were in a relationship with each other before the busts under an Australian Federal Police-led taskforce that revealed one of the worst child abuse cases in the nation's history.
The older of the men, neither of whom can be identified for legal reasons, was sentenced to 37 years behind bars at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court.
He was handed a non-parole period of 26 years, meaning he will be ineligible for release until June 2046.
Judge Sarah Hopkins (pictured) said the men engaged in a predatory and persistent pattern of offending, dehumanising their victims as 'play things'
Two men who committed hundreds of acts of child abuse were sentenced to a combined 63-years behind bars at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court (pictured)
The younger man received a 26-year sentence with a non-parole period of 16 years and nine months, making him first eligible for release in March 2037.
Following their arrests, the men pleaded guilty to hundreds of serious child abuse offences, including aggravated sexual intercourse with very young children, in March 2022.
The older man, who worked at a childcare centre, was convicted of 248 offences, including 195 acts of a sexual nature against 27 children.
The younger man was convicted of 106 offences, including physical acts against seven children, including some who were the children of his sisters.
Judge Sarah Hopkins said the men engaged in a predatory and persistent pattern of offending, dehumanising their victims as 'play things'.
Despite the men's relatively young ages at the time of the offending - including one
