TWO members of an alleged ‘witchcraft’ paedophile ring have been escorted from their home by cops over concerns for their safety.
Officers attended an address in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, this afternoon, the day after the duo appeared at the High Court in Glasgow.
It comes after we revealed they were among eleven people facing more than 40 charges– including the attempted ‘microwave’ murder of a baby.
The seven men and four women are also charged with repeatedly raping a girl plus two other kids – and forcing them to kill animals.
Six alleged members are accused of trying to murder a child under the age of four by trapping her in a microwave, and further hanging her from a nail on a wall by her jumper.
Charges claim that over a 10 year period involving three children in Glasgow they allegedly ordered two older kids to force the other child “to act like a dog” and made her “eat cat and dog food, causing her to vomit”.
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Prosecutors claim the six – Iain Owens, 43, Elaine Lannery, 38, Lesley Williams, 38, Paul Brannan, 40, and John Clark, 46, as well as the late Steven McHendrie, 55 – also pursued the child while “wearing a mask of the devil” and blew smoke into her face after taking drugs.
They and five others face a total of 42 abuse raps at the High Court in Glasgow dating back to 2010.
Owens and Lannery, of Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, face claims they and 15 other adults – including five who are now dead – repeatedly raped the three children.
Brannan, Richard Gachagan, 44, Mark Carr, 44, Clark, Scott Forbes 47, and Barry Watson, 46, are accused of exposing themselves and performing sex acts on a tot as others cheered.
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Lannery, Williams, Leona Laing, 50, and Marianne Gallagher, 37, of Maryhill, Glasgow, allegedly “did clap, cheer and verbally encourage the conduct”.
Robert Brown, 50, Maureen Goudie, 50, and McHendrie, are also accused of rape but all three have since died.
A further two men, James McLean and Douglas Gachagan – both also now deceased – are said to have raped the older girl in separate incidents at various Glasgow homes.
Owens, Lannery, Brannan, Clark, Forbes, Gallagher, Gachagan, Watson, Williams and Laing also pleaded not guilty.
Carr, of Townhead, did not appear in the dock but pleaded not guilty through his QC.
Gallagher was excused during the hearing after taking unwell.
Judge Lord Beckett set another hearing for October ahead of a trial in September 2023.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of people gathered outside a property on Greenhead Road, Lennoxtown around 4pm on Tuesday, 2 August, 2022.
“Officers are currently in attendance.”