Posted on 01/27/2025 11:04:31 AM PST by JSM_Liberty
The seven members of one of Scotland's biggest child sex abuse rings have been given life-long sentences and warned that they may never be released.
Three victims under the age of 13 were subjected to horrific sexual abuse and violence in a Glasgow drug den dubbed "the beastie house" over a seven-year period.
Police said the children had suffered "unimaginable abuse", with the offences including rape, attempted murder and assault.
Iain Owens, 46; Elaine Lannery, 40; Lesley Williams, 43; Paul Brannan, 42; Scott Forbes, 51; Barry Watson, 48, and John Clark, 49, were jailed for between eight and 20 years and handed orders for lifelong restriction (OLRs).
These orders are reserved for the most serious court cases in Scotland which do not involve murder, and mean the individual will either be in prison or on parole for the rest of their life. Judge Lord Beckett told the gang, whose jail sentences totalled more than 93 years, that they may never be released from prison.
He said: "This court is used to hearing the worst examples of human behaviour but such depravity towards young children is beyond my experience.
"This is not typical behaviour and such extreme abuse of children seems to be rare."
He praised the "formidable strength" of the children and their "courage and perseverance", despite threats from Owens.
Lord Beckett added: "It is possible to imagine from their desperate darkness, their carers have brought some light to their young lives - a home, a structure and nurture over a number of years." The judge also highlighted the victim impact statements and said one child wrote with "agonising articulacy" about her ordeal and the suffering of the other children.
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Will they jail the muslim groomers the same way? I doubt it.
I AM TOTALLY CONVINCED GHT 2 GROUPS OF CRIMINALS CAN NEVER BE CHANGED:
SEX OFFENDERS OF ALL TYPES
ARSONISTS
THEIR WIRING IS WRONG AT BIRTH
They don’t sound Pakistani.
Good. Now let’s see them sentence the muslim grooming gangs harshly.
Glasgow’s finest.
Whites go to prison.
Pakistanis go free.
Two-Tier-Kier!
Ah...they aren’t muslims. that’s why. Here I thought they came to their senses over there.
Scotland needs a modern day William Wallace.
BBC: Hurray! We found some white people guilty of sex-abuse!
Most of them look a lot older than their stated age.
I’m surprised seeing English names.
I thought it was only a Pakistani gang responsible for those organized rape crimes.
Should be DEATH SENTENCES.............
likely meth addicts or some nasty drug-
THIS IS WHAT YOU ALL ARE WORRIED ABOUT!?!
HOLY ####!! :)
You dont care that kids were used HORRIBLY, you care that the perpetrators aren’t the right color!!
It’s HORRIFIC that too many countries over there (it’s not even about OUR country) turn their back and muslim monsters.
But NO ONE here mentions a word of sympathy for the kids OR anger that THESE ANIMALS, whatever the color..did what they did!
Just wow.
Prayers out to the kids involved.
im sure they are able to BOTH care about the kids, and to also note that the UK are pricks when it comes to their 2 tier system of justice
This just makes me mad. Why didn't they say that the children abused by "Asian" groomers suffer unimaginable abuse???
No pardons this time, for the family Joe.
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