Here are five cases from Glasgow High Court this week.
A Liverpool man who sexually and physically abused vulnerable young people while working at residential care homes in Scotland has been jailed.
Edward Stanton was found guilty of 11 charges, including rape, on May 21, 2025 following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
The 73-year-old targeted 10 victims, aged between six and 22, between May 1985 and April 1994.
The court heard how Stanton abused some of the children while employed as a manager at Bellshill Children’s Home in North Lanarkshire.
He went on to abuse the remaining victims while later working as a carer at Wooddean Children’s Home in Bothwell and Flemington House, Uddingston.
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A former Scots boarding school teacher has been jailed for nine years for the abuse of 11 boys.
William Bain preyed on the pupils while working at three different fee-paying schools.
The victims included one boy who had gone to “kindly” Bain for help as he was being bullied.
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A violent sex attacker who raped a woman having tied her up has been jailed for seven years.
David Colquhoun turned on his victim after she initially agreed to sexual activity at a house in Renfrew on April 25 2023.
She then withdrew consent, but the 45-year-old refused to stop, even silencing her cries for help.
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A violent sex predator who repeatedly preyed on two young girls has been jailed for 12 years.
Hugh Brown was today handed the lengthy prison term as a judge praised both victims for speaking out about their horrific ordeals.
The 54-year-old was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
Brown had earlier been convicted of a total of 13 charges, with the attacks occurring in Ayr, South Ayrshire, between 1993 and 2004.
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Three suspects are to stand trial, charged with teaming up in a bid to kill a man.
Jack Dyer, 23, Raymond Dyer, 37, and Kenneth Allan, 34, are alleged to have committed the crime in the streets of Glasgow’s Drumchapel on January 10, 2024.
Prosecutors claim the man was chased, grabbed and pulled to the ground.
It is said he was then repeatedly struck on the body with a knife or similar weapon.
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