The brutal attacks against several children at a Glasgow drugs den could have been prevented by child protection services it has been said - a special task force is being set up to learn the failings

The victims were abused over a seven-year period in a Glasgow drug den which became known as "the beastie house".

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During a two-month trial, defence lawyers had argued the children may not have been telling the truth, but prosecutors said it would be "off the scale devious" to make up crimes of the "most monstrous kind".

The seven members of one of Scotland's biggest child sex abuse rings have been given life-long sentences and warned that they may never be released. Three victims under the age of 13 were subjected to horrific sexual abuse and violence in a Glasgow drug den dubbed "the beastie house" over a seven-year period.

In the Scottish Parliament today, MSPs called for urgent action by the Scottish Government. Glasgow Labour MSP Pauline McNeill told children's minister Natalie Don-Innes: "We must have some answers now and not in a year's time, and perhaps you could clarify the timescale.

Judge sentences 'atrocious Beastie House' paedophile drug gang in Glasgow. Seven members of a child sex abuse ring who preyed on children in a Glasgow drug den nicknamed the 'Beastie House' were handed jail terms ranging from eight to 20 years.

The Scottish government insists it is working to ensure "nothing like this ever happens again" after abuse gang is jailed.

The two women and five men were all convicted of gang raping a child and abusing other children under the age of 13 at a Glasgow drugs den.