Eight guilty in child abuse case

Eight members of a paedophile network have been found guilty of a catalogue of charges relating to child abuse and indecent images of children.

The offences included the sexual assault of a three-month-old baby.

James Rennie, 38, Neil Strachan, 41, Colin Slaven, 23 - all from Edinburgh - were among those found guilty.

Neil Campbell, 46, John Milligan, 40, and John Murphy, 44, Ross Webber, 27, and Craig Boath, 24, were also convicted of various charges.

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