THE CROWN case against 11 people accused of sexual abuse towards children has closed.
Iain Owens, 45, Elaine Lannery, 39, Lesley Williams, 41, Paul Brannan, 41, Marianne Gallagher, 38, Scott Forbes, 50, Barry Watson, 47, Mark Carr, 50, Richard Gachagan, 45, Leona Laing, 51, and John Clark, 47, deny the accusations they face.
The initial 32 charges were reduced by eight following the final Crown witness who gave evidence on Friday at the High Court in Glasgow. One of the deleted charges included allegations of all 11 behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards two children. The charge claimed that the adults made the children participate in classes involving witchcraft and seances.
The allegations also stated that they used a Ouija board in order to communicate with spirits and demons.All still face charges of sexual abuse.Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.
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