Woman sentenced to life for gang rape of 10-year-old girl

A woman identified as Vicki Bevan, 37, fantasized about killing and eating children. And, to make her depraved fantasies come true, she planned to sell photos of sexual abuse, with the purpose of buying a house with a basement that she could use to commit the rapes.

To achieve her aims, Bevan teamed up with predators Paul Rafferty, 62, and Tony Hutton, 42.

A U.K. court sentenced Bevan to life in prison for repeatedly raping a girl under the age of 10 along with Hutton and Rafferty.

The woman fantasized about "abducting, raping, killing and then eating" children with another man, who has not yet been publicly identified by police.

Bevan, Hutton and Rafferty were arrested after the woman shared photos and videos of the rapes online. Police found 458 pages of horrifying WhatsApp messages and depraved images on one man's phone.

Bevan admitted 34 sex offenses, including one count of rape and five counts of assault by penetration.

She also pleaded guilty to 17 counts of making lewd images of a child and two counts of possession of animal pornography.

Judge Andrew Menary, of Liverpool, described the defendant as "dangerous" and gave her life imprisonment, of which Bevan must serve at least 10 years and 44 days.

At a previous hearing the judge said, "just when you think you have heard the worst, another one comes along".

Neither the Hutton nor Bevan had previous convictions, while Rafferty had previous encounters with the law that were not related to child sexual crimes.