A "callous and calculating" heroin user who killed three people in less than a week has been convicted of raping one of his victims, a woman who was five months pregnant, before he murdered her.
21.02.2022 - 07:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Victims of a paedophile teacher have welcomed a decision to keep him behind bars.
William Wright, 81, was jailed for 20 months for sexually abusing female students at a top Scots school.
He was already serving a four-year sentence for abusing girls at the school after being convicted in 2018.
Wright preyed on pupils at Eastwood High School in Newton Mearns, near Glasgow, from 1974-90.
A parole hearing took place last week to decide whether he should be released on a home detention curfew, which sees offenders fitted with tags and serving the rest of their sentence at home.
But victims were furious as they said he had already got off lightly and should serve his full sentence behind bars.
Brave Carol Burns, who waived her right to anonymity to accuse the school of covering up his sex abuse, said: “I’m very happy the justice system made the right decision and didn’t let him out just because of his old age.
“I’m pleased they took our objections into account.”
Another victim, who did not wish to be named, said: “I am hugely relieved but I’m just feeling exhausted and numb from the stress and anxiety in the run-up to this postponed parole hearing.
“We knew he was going to be up for parole in December and had to make representations for this around September.
“We waited all day on December 22 to then hear that a decision couldn’t be made. For the oral hearing on Wednesday, we had to do further representations about whether he should be released on a home detention curfew. I found all this hugely difficult and emotionally draining. It’s been torture, not just for me but my whole family seeing me go through this turmoil.
“Seeing his face in my head has been tormenting me with nightmares and the fear of him being released to abuse
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