Pervert Scots football coach who abused three young boys jailed for seven years
VILE FOOTIE BEAST Pervert Scots football coach who abused three young boys jailed for seven years
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A FORMER football coach who abused three boys was jailed today for seven years.
Russell Conn preyed on his teenage victims during a series of attacks in Ayrshire between 1999 and 2021.
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A child sex monster was today jailed for nine years at the High Court in Glasgow
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The now 62-year-old committed the crimes mainly at different locations, including Beith, Ardrossan and Saltcoats.
Conn had denied the accusations during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
But, he was convicted of two rape charges and two of indecent assault.
A further accusation of lewd and libidinous conduct was found not proven by jurors.
After the verdicts, prosecutor Eric Robertson revealed Conn is currently serving a nine year sentence for similar offences against three other boys.
He was found guilty at the High Court in Paisley in 2022 for what a judge described then as the "deliberate and calculated sexual abuse" of his victims.
Today's sentencing was told Conn's latest victims came forward as a result of press coverage of the previous offences.
Conn - who previously managed teams over almost 30 years in Ayrshire - went on to first face the fresh charges in 2023.
Judge David Young KC ordered that the seven years imposed would run consecutively to Conn's current jail term.
The judge said: 'The ages of these victims are aggravating factors as is the age difference between you and the victims.
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'Some of these involved breaches of trust.
'Both of your victims of the more serious charges provided statements about how your actions have affected their lives.
'It has had a devastating effect on them - they spoke about feeling isolated and hopelessness to this day.
'You have caused damage to their self-esteem and self-confidence and they have not developed as they should have done.
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Russell Conn preyed on teenage victims in a series of sick attacks
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'They have destructive behaviours and mental health issues - their psychological effects are severe.'
Graeme Brown, defending, earlier told the sentencing that his client continues to deny his offending.
An indefinite non-harassment order was made against two of Conn's victims while a 10-year order was made upon the third.
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