Six members of one of Scotland's largest paedophile gangs intend to appeal against their conviction and prison sentences. It comes as the legal aid bill for the case to date has so far exceeded £ ...

SCTS confirmed that Iain Owens, Elaine Lannery, Paul Brannan, Barry Watson and John Clark have appealed their conviction and sentence. Fellow gang member, Scott Forbes submitted an intimation of ...

Scott Forbes, 51, was one of seven people handed an order for lifelong restriction (OLR) for abusing three children in a Glasgow drugs den dubbed the "beastie house". Forbes was jailed for at ...

Sick grooming gangs have been in the news over the last few years after preying on the most vulnerable. Some plied children with alcohol before inflicting their vile abuse. Others tried to kill ...

Five men and two women who were part of a child abuse ring which a judge said plumbed "the depths of human depravity" have been jailed for between eight and 20 years. A warning that this report ...

Clockwise from top left: Barry Watson, Elaine Lannery, Iain Owens, John Clark, Paul Brannan and Scott Forbes were jailed for a minimum of between eight and 20 years - Police Scotland/PA ...

Iain Owens, 46, and six other sickos appeared today at the High Court in Glasgow more than one year after they were nailed over the sex abuse plot. The seven sickos were convicted in November 2023 ...

Seven people convicted of being part of a Scottish child abuse ring which plunged to “the depths of human depravity” have been jailed for terms ranging from 20 years to eight years. The two ...

(top row, left to right) Elaine Lannery, Barry Watson, Iain Owens, and (bottom row, left to right) John Clark, Lesley Williams, Scott Forbes, Paul Brannan, six of the seven people who have been ...

Iain Owens, 45, Elaine Lannery, 39, Lesley Williams, 41, and Paul Brannan, 41 were found guilty of attempting to murder the baby girl, who was put in a microwave, and hung by her clothes from a nail.

Three children were abused in crimes described by a judge as "the depths of human depravity" between 2012 and 2019. Iain Owens, 46; Elaine Lannery, 40; Lesley Williams, 43; Paul Brannan, 42; Scott ...

The people who were found guilty were (clockwise, from the centre): Iain Owens, Elaine Lannery, Scott Forbes, Paul Brannan, Lesley Williams, Barry Watson and John Clark The seven members of one of ...