Is this him tormenting me for standing up to him?

life for what he did to me 45 years ago. I would expect that the other seven victims feel the same.

“Giving evidence and having to see his face at the trial was a horrible experience. I wake up every night with the image of him in my head, several months on.

“If that is not enough for any human being to have to go through, leaving me badly traumatised, Cairney keeps the ball rolling and prolongs my suffering by appealing four times and putting me through a complete state of anxiety and fear at the slightest chance he is going to get out of jail soon.

“He is not man enough to accept or even acknowledge the damage he has done to me, and so continues to put me through further suffering, making it impossible for me to try and live a normal life.

“Is this his way of tormenting me further, for standing up to him, at last, in a court of law, with seven more innocent children who were within his evil grasp?

“I’ve spent my life silenced by the fear of ‘Big Frank’ and the power of Celtic Football Club.

“Why, after being found guilty beyond reasonable doubt, due to the courage of us eight victims, doesn’t he accept his light punishment for his predatory, evil, sexual abuse over decades? Just tell the truth like it is.

“Big Frank, you were part of an evil paedophile ring, pouncing on young boy’s hopes and dreams.”

Cairney’s lawyers have tried on two occasions to have him released from prison ahead of the appeal because of his