‘Beastie House’ children failed despite cries for help, report finds

Barry Watson, Elaine Lannery, Iain Owens, and John Clark, Scott Forbes, Paul Brannan, six of the seven people who have been convicted of being part of a Scottish child abuse ring and have been jailed for terms ranging from 20 years to eight years. The two women and five men will all be monitored for life after being convicted of gang raping a child and abusing other children in a drugs den in Glasgow where heroin and crack cocaine were used (Handout/PA) -

The children at the centre of one of Scotland’s most high-profile abuse rings were repeatedly failed by authorities despite years of warnings and cries for help, a damning report into the so-called “Beastie House” has found.

The review found it was “difficult to comprehend” that abuse was not detected earlier despite more than a decade of involvement from social work, health, education and other agencies.