BEAST FOOTIE COACH COULD HAVE ABUSED 50 KIDS

Fear serial sex offender's crimes are tip of iceberg

- BY RORY CASSIDY

A NOTORIOUS paedophile football coach may have abused up to as many as 50 kids, it is feared.

Russell Conn, who coached teams in Ayrshire for over 26 years and worked as a carer in a boys' residential school, was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow last month for seven years.

It was the second time the 62-year-old was convicted of sexual offences against children, having been previously convicted of preying on young boys after a trial in 2022.

He was first arrested for sex abuse against children in 2010 but it was a further 12 years until he was finally brought to justice.

He was then found guilty of raping a youngster and sexually assaulting two other boys in July this year, taking his total number of confirmed victims to seven.

Much of Conn's vile abuse took place in a number of towns across Ayrshire.