Seven men and four women are charged with abusing three young children in Glasgow.
Eleven people are accused to taking part in a child sex ring which allegedly involved witchcraft, violence and neglect.
It was claimed the children were raped at different times while some of the group did "clap, cheer and verbally encourage" as well as video it.It is also alleged the children were forced to take part in satanic "seances" and made to kill animals. Iain Owens, 43, Elaine Lannery, 38, Lesley Williams, 40, Paul Brannan, 40, Marianne Gallagher, 37, Scott Forbes, 49, Barry Watson, 46, Mark Carr, 49, Richard Gachagan, 44, Leona Laing, 50, and John Clark, 46, deny the charges they face.
They also allegedly got the children involved in "witchcraft", leading them to believe that they themselves had "metamorphosed into animals".
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