YOU FAILED ABUSE KIDS

Government blasted over child sex ring

- BY CHRIS McCALL

THE SNP government has been accused of presiding over "catastrophic failure" after seven members of a child sex ring were locked up for a total of 94 years.

Three victims under the age of 13 were subjected to a catalogue of horrific sexual abuse and violence at a filthy drug den in Townhead, Glasgow, over a seven-year period from 2012.

Seven members of the ring were yesterday sentenced for subjecting the victims to years of abuse at a hellhole flat dubbed "the beastie house".

Alba MSP Ash Regan yesterday claimed the case "reeked of institutional failures" as the three victims were known to child protection services before police opened an investigation in 2020.

The three children were on the radar of authorities from July 2018, when they were added to Glasgow City Council's child protection register.