"Fairly Monstrous" Cop Goes to Jail

John McFadden, a 42-year-old former police officer from Bearsden has been convicted of the sexual abuse of three young boys attending a martial arts club the man had established in the 1980s, including one boy who testified before the court. According to the BBC, McFadden "befriended the boy, invited him to stay overnight and told him that demons and spirits would kill him and drag him to hell unless he carried out sex acts." The victim, now 32, told the court that McFadden "dressed in a black cloak and used a crucifix with a skull and crossbones and an onyx ring, which he claimed gave him power, to terrify the youngster into keeping the abuse a secret."

The abuse continued until the victim "joined the Royal Marines and moved away," though charges were not laid against the officer until 1999, when two additional victims revealed that they had been molested in a similarly horrific manner.