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| Celtic Boys Club founder Jim Torbett guilty of abusing boys | Celtic Boys Club founder Jim Torbett guilty of abusing boys |
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| Celtic Boys Club founder Jim Torbett has been jailed for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing three boys over an eight-year period. | Celtic Boys Club founder Jim Torbett has been jailed for six years after being convicted of sexually abusing three boys over an eight-year period. |
| Torbett, 71, was found guilty after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. He had denied the charges. | Torbett, 71, was found guilty after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. He had denied the charges. |
| Two victims had been in his under-14s football teams, while the third was abused by Torbett at the age of five. | |
| Lord Beckett told Torbett: "Yours is some of the most corrupting behaviour I have ever heard of in these courts." | Lord Beckett told Torbett: "Yours is some of the most corrupting behaviour I have ever heard of in these courts." |
| He added: "Your depraved conduct towards innocent children has blighted their lives." | He added: "Your depraved conduct towards innocent children has blighted their lives." |
| The judge told Torbett that Celtic Boys Club had given opportunities to hundreds of aspiring young footballers. | |
| But he added: "You used the club as a front for child sexual abuse." | |
| There were tears in the public gallery as the verdict was announced, and emotional scenes in the foyer of the court as those affected by the case embraced each other. | |
| Jurors had heard that Torbett, of Kelvindale, Glasgow, targeted the schoolboys between August 1986 and August 1994. | Jurors had heard that Torbett, of Kelvindale, Glasgow, targeted the schoolboys between August 1986 and August 1994. |
| His victims included youth players Kenny Campbell and Andrew Gray, who had waived their right to anonymity. | |
| Mr Gray died last year, but statements he gave to police before his death were read out during the trial. | Mr Gray died last year, but statements he gave to police before his death were read out during the trial. |
| The third victim said he had been abused as a five-year-old when he visited the Trophy Centre in Glasgow, which was owned by Torbett. | |