During a two-month trial, defence lawyers had argued the children may not have been telling the truth, but prosecutors said it would be "off the scale devious" to make up crimes of the "most monstrous ...

open image in gallery From left to right: Iain Owens, Elaine Lannery, Lesley Williams, Barry Watson, Scott Forbes, Paul Brannan, Marianne Gallagher and John Clark. Gallagher was convicted of ...

Three victims under the age of 13 were subjected to sexual abuse and violence in a Glasgow drug den dubbed "the beastie house ...

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. Sentencing was delayed ...

The victims were abused over a seven-year period in a Glasgow drug den which became known as "the beastie house".

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.

From left to right - Top: Iain Owens, Elaine Lannery, Lesley Williams, Barry Watson. Bottom: Scott Forbes, Paul Brannan, John Clark (James Chapelard for The Independent) For free real time ...

Now, more than a year later, they have been sentenced. Iain Owens, 46, Elaine Lannery, 40, Lesley Williams, 43, Paul Brannan, 42, Scott Forbes, 51, Barry Watson, 48, and John Clark, 48, were all found ...