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Siblings Who Have Four Children Together Lose Incest Appeal

By Rachel Plotnick

Germany's constitutional court has rejected an appeal by a man who fathered four children with his sister to overturn the country's ban on incest. The case, which dates back seven years, has been making headlines around the world since the siblings held interviews with the media last spring. In 2001, Susan Karolewski, then 16, gave birth to a boy whom she named Eric. Unfortunately for Karolewski, her bliss at the birth of her child was short-lived. It was soon revealed that the father of the ch read more

Full post as published by Criminal Report Daily on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).