
Five cases heard at Glasgow's High Court this week
The 73-year-old targeted 10 victims, aged between six and 22, between May 1985 and April 1994.
The court heard how Stanton abused some of the children while employed as a manager at Bellshill Children's Home in North Lanarkshire.
He went on to abuse the remaining victims while later working as a carer at Wooddean Children's Home in Bothwell and Flemington House, Uddingston.
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A former Scots boarding school teacher has been jailed for nine years for the abuse of 11 boys.
William Bain preyed on the pupils while working at three different fee-paying schools.

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