Victim of Celtic Boys Club beast has 'taken back control' after facing abuser in court

A victim of Celtic Boys Club beast Jim Torbett has said he hopes he "rots in jail". Gordon Woods has bravely waived his right to anonymity to tell the Daily Record he has finally taken back power from the man who terrified him as a child.

Torbett, who began attacking Woods when he was just 13, was convicted of child abuse for the third time on Tuesday. Gordon told a jury at the high court in Inverness how Torbett, 75, sexually assaulted him up to 40 times between 1967 and 1968. The attacks took place in the paedophile's flat and his car and in the back of a toy shop in Glasgow.

Gordon, now 68, said: "I hope Torbett rots in jail for the pain and suffering he has caused to countless families. I have felt guilt, shame and embarrassment for over 30 years, but I have now achieved what I set out to do.