Scots child abuser convicted in paedophile ring 'claims he never watched porn'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A Scots child abuser, who was convicted of being part of a paedophile ring in a drugs den, told a risk assessor he had never watched pornography, a court heard.Following a trial in 2023 which heard allegations of Satanic rituals and dog-killing in a drugs den where heroin and cocaine were used, Iain Owens was convicted of being part of a paedophile ring which abused three children.

The 46-year-old will be sentenced for 18 charges for crimes including gang rape and attempted murder, along with six co-accused later this month at the High Court in Glasgow.The Satanic ritual charges were dropped by the prosecution and a jury cleared all of the accused of the dog-killing charge.

Owens challenged a risk assessment which deemed him “high risk”, and insisted he had never looked at “top shelf magazines”, the same court heard on Monday at an evidential hearing on the risk assessment reports.The court heard from risk assessor Professor David Cooke, who said Owens “suffers from sexual sadism disorder”, “paedophilic disorder”, and that “virtually all risk factors for future sexual violence are present".

Owens was interviewed on three occasions in 2024 and admitted involvement in drug dealing, the court heard.Professor Cooke said: “Mr Owens failed to co-operate with my evaluation.