PHOTOS have been obtained that show, for the first time ever, life inside the sickening Colt incest clan described by senior police as like nothing they have ever seen.
The family snaps, given exclusively to News Corp Australia, show the smiling faces of children who would go on to claim their father and uncle were the same man.
They show glimpses of little girls and boys who would tell caseworkers they suffered regular sexual abuse, and when taken into care were described as malnourished, unhygenic and struggling to speak.
In one photo Charlie Colt — a man believed to have fathered children with his sister, according to the testimony of the Colt children — poses for the camera dressed up as Santa Claus on Christmas Day.
“I wanted to keep the children’s spirits high,” he told The Daily Telegraph.
The young victims at the centre of Australia’s most shocking abuse case can be seen riding around on quad bikes and smiling among vegetable gardens — masking the revolting reality of their daily lives.
According to a sensational Children’s Court hearing, the Colt clan tortured animals and mutilated their genitalia.
But in the photos uncovered today, a young Colt girl smiles at a pony kept in a pen on the property raided by authorities in the winter of 2012.
The photos, along with a number of extraordinary documents, were made available to News Corp by Charlie Colt in a bid to absolve the clan of the allegations levelled at them.
“If you look at all the children, I don’t think there’s too many that look alike, to say that they’re interrelated,” Charlie Colt said.
“I think it’s disgusting the allegations they’re making. Both my parents have passed away and I’ve been asked to clear the family name, to prove all these allegations are false.”
However, according to the evidence gathered by the 41-year-old, the Colt children underwent treatment for a number of serious conditions during their time on the compound.
Many of the afflictions were described as “congenital” by their local doctor.
