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   On 16 Sep 2022, Auric Hellman  posted some   
   news:G%aVK.432744$iiS8.21884@fx17.iad:   
      
   > A paedophile ring has been smashed after eight men were found guilty   
   > of a horrifying catalogue of more than 50 child pornography and abuse   
   > charges.   
   >   
   > Among the crimes was a shocking sexual attack carried out on a   
   > three-month-old baby boy by an executive adviser on child sex issues.   
   >   
   > James Rennie, chief executive of a publicly-funded gay rights group,   
   > was one of the men exposed yesterday as members of Scotland's biggest   
   > paedophile ring.   
   >   
   > Rennie, 38, molested the toddler son of unsuspecting friends - a   
   > little boy he had been trusted to babysit - recording the abuse and   
   > sharing it with other perverts.   
   >   
   > In the course of the police investigation, the boy's parents were   
   > forced to watch a video of their baby son being violated by Rennie.   
   >   
   > Last night, after the eight men were found guilty of a string of child   
   > sex charges at the High Court in Edinburgh, the child's parents   
   > reacted with disgust.   
   >   
   > They said: 'For over 15 years, James Rennie seemed the closest of   
   > family friends and it is hard to put into words the extent of the   
   > betrayal he has exacted upon us.'   
   >   
   > During their investigations, police recovered tens of thousands of   
   > still and moving images of the most vile child abuse.   
   >   
   > Police sources revealed yesterday that the activities of 70 other men   
   > around the UK with links to the case are being investigated.   
   >   
   > More than 35 people have been arrested or been subject to enforcement   
   > action. Two investigations are continuing in Scotland.   
   >   
   > One of the most worrying aspects of the case is the way Rennie was   
   > able to reach a position where he could influence Executive policy on   
   > child sexuality.   
   >   
   > A trained teacher, Rennie became the boss of LGBT Youth Scotland, a   
   > publicly-funded support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and   
   > transgender young people.   
   >   
   > He took on the £40,000 a year role when the group was set up in 2003   
   > and became the Executive's most important and influential adviser on   
   > gay issues affecting children.   
   >   
   > Under his leadership, the group backed proposals to allow gay   
   > adoption. As well as appearing in the Scottish parliament, he was   
   > invited to a Royal Garden Party and to Downing Street.   
   >   
   > Yesterday, Rennie, from Edinburgh, was found guilty of indecently   
   > abusing the baby boy. The abuse began when the child was three months   
   > old and continued for several years. Rennie filmed and photographed   
   > himself committing the abuse, sent the images to others and allowed   
   > another man to listen on the phone while he molested the child.   
   >   
   > He allowed the boy, whom he called his 'nephew', to be abused by   
   > another paedophile and also offered him to other deviants in a series   
   > of emails.   
   >   
   > When his home was raided in December 2007, Rennie had gone to the   
   > trouble of hiding computer hard drives, discs and CDs in a gap next to   
   > the water tank in his kitchen. Between these storage devices and his   
   > laptop computer, he was found to be in possession of thousands of   
   > images, many of them at the most extreme level of the scale.   
   >   
   > Rennie carried out his vile activities as part of a Scottish   
   > paedophile ring swapping images of child pornography on the internet.   
   >   
   > He was suspended as soon as LGBT Youth Scotland was told of his arrest   
   > in December 2007 and resigned soon afterwards.   
   >   
   > Last night, a spokesman for LGBT Youth Scotland, which received   
   > £1.1million in 2008 from the Executive, councils and health boards,   
   > said: 'We are appalled by the abuse and exploitation of children by   
   > James Rennie, and wholeheartedly welcome his conviction. Our immediate   
   > thoughts are with the children and families who have been directly,   
   > and indirectly, abused by him and the other co-accused also convicted.   
   >   
   > 'We had no suspicion whatsoever of the crimes James Rennie was   
   > committing. He was obviously skilled at hiding his actions and adept   
   > at deceiving people. There is no suggestion James Rennie directly   
   > threatened the safety of young people accessing our services.'   
   >   
   > Last night the Executive said that it would continue to fund LGBT.   
   >   
   > When he was arrested, Rennie had a steady boyfriend, but trawled the   
   > internet looking for gay sex dates.   
   >   
   > He also used the internet to meet other paedophiles, including Neil   
   > Strachan, a child molester who was jailed for three years at Edinburgh   
   > Sheriff Court in 1997 for abusing a boy of between five and seven.   
   >   
   > Strachan, 41, joined Rennie for a sex session with Rennie's 'nephew'   
   > at his flat in Meadowbank when the boy was between one and three.   
   >   
   > Rennie then boasted about the encounter to another paedophile, Lachlan   
   > Anderson, 51, from Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire. Anderson is currently   
   > serving a 20-month sentence after being caught with a collection of   
   > child pornography, including images of Rennie abusing the child. He   
   > was brought from jail to give evidence at the trial.   
   >   
   > Strachan was found guilty of attempting to sodomise a different   
   > 18-month-old toddler on the night of Hogmanay 2005 at his flat in the   
   > Dalry area of Edinburgh.   
   >   
   > Last night, the boy's mother said: ' The anguish I feel towards Mr   
   > Strachan is indescribable.   
   >   
   > 'I feel that no matter what punishment is given to Mr Strachan it will   
   > never be able to compensate for the hurt, devastation and great deal   
   > of stress brought to me and my family.   
   >   
   > 'Mr Strachan used and abused our trust in order to satisfy his and   
   > others' sick needs.'   
   >   
   > Strachan's 23-year-old boyfriend Colin Slaven was cleared of taking   
   > part in the sex act, which was photographed and sent to Rennie.   
   >   
   > Rennie involved John Milligan, 40, in his sick acts by allowing him to   
   > listen to the baby boy being abused.   
   >   
   > Milligan also discussed getting his hands on the child - and passed on   
   > images of Rennie's abuse to others.   
   >   
   > The paedophile ring was uncovered when photos of naked boys were found   
   > on Strachan's computer. He handed it in for repair at a company in   
   > England in 2007.   
   >   
   > A computer engineer found one indecent image of a child on the machine   
   > and police were called in.   
   >   
   > An examination by Northumbria Police revealed other images.   
   >   
   > The inquiry moved to Edinburgh, where Operation Algebra was set up in   
   > October 2007 by Lothian and Borders Police.   
   >   
   > Detective Superintendent Allan Jones, senior investigating officer in   
   > Operation Algebra, said of the men: 'Many of them wouldn't stand out   
   > from a general member of the public; but in the background they lead   
   > this double life, looking at some of the most vile material you would   
   > ever care to imagine.   
   >   
      
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