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…The next charge claims Owens, Lannery, Williams, Brannan assaulted the other child mentioned in the earlier neglect accusation. Owens and Lannery are then accused of threatening one of the young girls that they had arranged for her to go to Turkey with a male stranger.
Prosecutors state all 11 are said to have got the boy and the older girl to take part in "seances (and) use a Ouija board…to call on spirits and demons". They also allegedly got the children involved in "witchcraft" leading them to believe that they themselves had "metamorphosed into animals".
The 11 are further said to have worn cloaks and devil horns as well making the young boy stab a budgie to death. The group are also accused of killing a number of dogs including getting the children to attack the animals.
Owens alone then faces a number of charges that he raped the older girl including with Watson, Brannan, Clark and Forbes. Owens and Lannery go on to be accused of a sex abuse charge involving the boy and the younger girl.
A separate allegation states all of the group were then allegedly involved in the rape on various occasions of the older girl. It is claimed they got her to take drink and illicit drugs.
The charge states while she was being sexually assaulted Lannery, Williams, Laing and Gallagher did "clap, cheer and verbally encourage" the alleged crime, which was also video recorded. The girl was said to be 10 when it started.
Forbes alone next faces an indecent images accusation. Prosecutors further state Gachagan, Laing, Carr, Forbes and Watson allegedly paid for "sexual services" for three of the children.
Two separate charges claim Owens and Lannery did "facilitate" this There are then a string of accusations detailing further alleged crimes against all three children. The indictment goes on to state Owens and Lannery took part in the rape of the boy.
All 11 also allegedly abused him with the men this time were said to have "cheered" while it was going on. The next charge claims Owens and Lannery had sex in front of children.
Owens and Brannan go on to face an accusation of raping the boy. The duo along with Lannery and Williams are also said to have made him watch a video of one of the girls being attacked.
Lannery is then charged with molesting the younger girl before it is claimed she, Owens, Williams and Brannan raped her. The whole group go on to face the same crime with the girl allegedly held down in a cot.
As this was said to be happening, the women are accused of clapping and cheering while the boy and older girl were shut in a room. The elder child was also said to have been made to "operate a camera and create video footage" of some of the abuse.
Owens and Lannery then face charges of attempting to defeat the ends of justice and attempting to pervert the course of justice. This includes claims the older girl was threatened and her call to the police was disconnected.
It is also said attempts were made to "pressurise" two of the youngsters around the time of police interviews. They also allegedly got rid of items to avoid prosecution.
The group further face separate drugs charges. Gachagan is finally accused of lewd behaviour towards another young girl in the mid-1990s in Glasgow's Townhead.
Maureen Goudie, Steven McHendrie, Robert Brown, James McLean and Douglas Gachagan are also mentioned as being involved in a number of the charges. But, the indictment states they are now "deceased".
Owens and Lannery, of Thornliebank, East Renfrewshire, Brannan and Clark, of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Forbes of Townhead, Gallagher and Gachagan, of Maryhill, Watson, of Mount Vernon, all Glasgow deny the charges. Williams, of Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire as well as Laing, of Rutherglen, near Glasgow, also plead not guilty.
Carr, of Townhead, did not appear in the dock also pled not guilty through his defence counsel Brian McConnachie QC. Gallagher was excused from the dock during the hearing after taking unwell.
Judge Lord Beckett asked prosecutor Kath Harper about her eight week trial estimate. She replied: "It's extremely difficult [to tell] in this case. The recorded interviews will take three weeks - eight weeks is an estimate for the the trial which I think will be maybe six weeks."
Lord Beckett set an eight week trial at the High Court in Glasgow for September next year. A further hearing was also fixed for October.