Standing before an American court convicted of the most heinous of child sex crimes, Australian citizen Mark Newton and his long-term boyfriend Peter Truong had their double lives laid bare. ''Being a father was an honour and a privilege that amounted to the best six years of my life,'' the American-born Newton, 42, told the court. Moments later Newton was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing the boy he and Truong, 36, had ''adopted'' after paying a Russian woman $8000 to be their surrogate in 2005. Police believe the pair adopted the boy ''for the sole purpose of exploitation''. The abuse began just days after his birth. Over six years the couple...
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