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Monster Neil Strachan\u00a0was spotted by ‘astonished’ sources outside a hostelCredit: Andrew Barr 6<\/p>\n Beast Jamies Rennie enjoys his freedom after being caged for sick crimesCredit: Andrew Barr 6<\/p>\n Police mugshots of Rennie (left) and Strachan from October 2009Credit: PA:Press Association<\/p>\n We can reveal they\u2019ve been at an Edinburgh<\/a> hostel as a source slammed it as \u201castonishing\u201d.<\/p>\n The move towards releasing two of Scotland<\/a>\u2019s most notorious paedophiles simultaneously has been branded \u201ca risk to public safety\u201d.<\/p>\n Rennie, 54, who sexually assaulted a three-month-old baby, and Strachan, 57, who tried to rape<\/a> an 18-month-old boy, are already walking the streets during leave from an open prison<\/a> for prolonged stays in an offenders\u2019 hostel.<\/p>\n The sick duo were jailed in 2009 after they were caught heading the country\u2019s biggest paedophile<\/a> ring \u2014 involving eight members and a haul of 125,000 horrific child abuse images and videos.<\/p>\n Prison<\/a> chiefs are allowing them to stay in the same digs in Edinburgh in what is believed to be part of a programme for their permanent release into the community.<\/p>\n Insiders told The Scottish Sun that Rennie and Strachan get week-long stays at the Crane Hostel in the capital\u2019s New Town.<\/p>\n And our pictures show that the fiends\u2019 visits to the facility \u2014 which lies just 0.7 miles from a primary school \u2014 even overlap.<\/p>\n Scottish Tory deputy spokeswoman on victims and community safety<\/a>, Sharon Dowey, said: \u201cVictims will be disgusted that these predatory criminals are freely walking about in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n \u201cThis decision clearly poses a risk to public safety and sums up the contempt the SNP\u2019s justice system has for brave victims.<\/p>\n \u201cAll too often their needs are shamefully sidelined in favour of criminals\u2019 needs.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch \u2018perv\u2019 teacher Christina Formella arrive at court with husband by her side\u2026as she\u2019s accused of molesting teen boy<\/p>\n Sources say the paedophile partnership freely fraternise at low security Castle Huntly nick, near Dundee<\/a>.<\/p>\n One said: \u201cIt\u2019s disgusting. There are loads of them in Castle Huntly and they all go about with each other growing their network.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are even locked up in the same hall in the prison, so when the doors are closed at 7.30pm at night they sit in each others cells.\u201d<\/p>\n The source added: \u201cThese two shouldn\u2019t be allowed out for what they did, never mind for seven days at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n We watched as Strachan, a former secretary of Celtic<\/a> Boys Club in Edinburgh, arrived at Crane Hostel a week past Thursday.<\/p>\n And he was still there a week later, when we saw him emerge at 10am to take a stroll around Edinburgh city centre.<\/p>\n Wearing a baseball<\/a> cap and carrying a rucksack, he enjoyed soaring temperatures as he walked towards the city\u2019s Princes Street among unwitting passers-by.<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n 6<\/p>\n He returned to the hostel a short time later.<\/p>\n Then, just after 11am his accomplice Rennie \u2014 who was thought to be just starting a week away from prison \u2014 arrived at the hostel on foot carrying a rucksack.<\/p>\n He looked sheepishly over his shoulder as he waited to be let into the building.<\/p>\n Then, within half- an-hour we pictured Strachan emerging from the same door.<\/p>\n It\u2019s understood he was leaving to go back to prison after spending his week away.<\/p>\n Rennie also appeared to have gone out for a walk to enjoy the sunshine.<\/p>\n Pictures show him returning to the hostel at around 5pm.<\/p>\n It is thought the pair are subject to a strict curfew between 9pm and 8am when they are there.<\/p>\n![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ringleaders-scotlands-biggest-paedophile-network-993024265_7f05f4.jpg\")
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