Gordon Burns: Last News

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rapist father has issued a warning as the “monster” prepares for release from prison after two decades behind bars.MJ Burns was five years old when her dad, Gordon Burns, began molesting her.The abuse only stopped when the 57-year-old was jailed for life in 2000 for raping two teenage ­prostitutes and sexually abusing another victim.The dad, from Glasgow’s Bridgeton, was still inside when he had five years added to his sentence in 2015 after finally being brought to justice for sexually abusing MJ and raping a girl of 13 at knifepoint in Lanarkshire in the 80s.Lord Bracadale said it would be up to the Parole Board – which has previously refused to release Burns – whether he will ever be back on the streets.

was coxswain of the lifeboat for many years. “I fished lobsters with Ronnie Shennan, John Jamieson, Jim Poland and anybody else who could find space for an enthusiastic schoolboy.“My summer holidays found me graduating to working on the fishing boats with well-known skippers such as Gordon Burns, Willie Edwards and formula one racing driver, Innes Ireland.”Ian’s career as a fisherman continued only for a few months after leaving school before he left for college.“One of my old shipmates and school friend, Davie McKie has made a life at sea for himself and has lived in the Isle of Mull for many years,” Ian said.