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05.04.2024 - 11:05 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Seven people convicted of being part of a child abuse ring which committed crimes of “extraordinary depravity” have had their sentencing postponed until June.
The two women and five men were all convicted of gang raping a child and abusing other children in a drugs den in Glasgow where heroin and crack cocaine were used.
Some were convicted of harming two children and others of abusing three children, while four of the defendants were found guilty of attempting to murder a child following an eight-week trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Iain Owens, 45; Elaine Lannery, 39; Lesley Williams, 41; Paul Brannan, 41; Scott Forbes, 50; Barry Watson, 47; and John Clark, 47, all face life sentences after being convicted in November.
Judge Lord Beckett previously warned they face “very substantial” jail terms for their “extraordinary depravity”, and said he was considering if an order for lifelong restriction should be imposed.
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A new date for their sentencing was set on Friday for June 28. Lord Beckett commissioned risk assessments due to the severity of the crimes, which occurred between 2012 and 2019.
Four of the group, Owens, Lannery, Brannan and Williams, were found guilty of attempting to murder a child by pushing her into a microwave and trapping her in other places.
All seven were found guilty of taking part in the gang rape of a child. An eighth person, Marianne Gallagher, 38, was found guilty of assaulting a child and was given a deferred sentence until January 2025.
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