Social Worker Who Abused Children Sent To Jail For Life
A former social worker who carried out an eight-year campaign of abuse in two children’s homes was jailed for life yesterday. John Marshall, 61, who targeted children as young as three to be groomed for his future pleasure, was told by the judge, Lord Brailsford, that he would have to spend 12 years in jail before being considered for parole.
{mosimage}The High Court in Glasgow heard that he wrecked the lives of 16 boys and girls, some of whom are still severely traumatised more than 30 years later.
Many of them sat in the back of the court as Lord Brailsford handed down the sentence. Men and women, many in their 30s, wept and cuddled each other in emotional scenes outside the courtroom. Inside, one woman challenged Marshall to look at her.
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