A thug is behind bars for the "merciless" abuse of a woman and boy. Kenneth Quinn was convicted of the attacks spanning four decades.
The pair regularly suffered at the 49-year-old's violent hands including the repeated rape of the woman. Quinn admitted to jurors that he was "utterly ashamed" of himself.He accepted physically harming both - but insisted the sex attacks did not happen.
However, Quinn was convicted of a total of 10 charges following a harrowing trial at the High Court in Glasgow.This included two counts of repeatedly raping the woman, assaulting her to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement as well as engaging in abusive behaviour.He was further guilty of physically attacking the boy to his injury on various occasions.
The crimes occurred between 1994 and 2021 at different addresses in Paisley, Renfrewshire, as well as in the Scottish Borders.Quinn, of Elderslie, also Renfrewshire, had been on bail during the trial.
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