October 2001

Child rape fiend jailed

A CHILD-SEX beast who repeatedly raped two little girls over a 10 year period was jailed for eight years yesterday. 

The High Court in Glasgow heard that Henry Linton, 40, started committing the offences when he was only 12 years old. 

Defence counsel Sarah Livingstone argued that there was no danger of Linton re-offending because he had not committed any more sex crimes since 1982. 

But Judge Gerald Gordon QC said the Edinburgh man’s assaults were so serious that he was forced into ruling a jail sentence.