Carer jailed for ‘persistent, predatory’ abuse of children

ago when the female victim revealed he targeted her for sexual abuse. He was also investigated over abuse allegations at a different home six years later and reported to prosecutors, but no action was taken at the time.

Dailey was finally brought to justice earlier this year at the High Court in Edinburgh, when he was found guilty of three indecency offences against the boys and the girl, and a further two charges of assaulting the boys.

One victim told police officers: “I feel Brian Dailey completely messed up my life and believe he is to blame for all the bad things that happened to me.”

Dailey, formerly of Firhill Park, Edinburgh, had origiuk nally denied seven charges of indecent behaviour and assault involving five children during his earlier trial. He was acquitted of two of the indecency charges against two boys on not proven verdicts.

He subjected his first victim to sexual abuse at a home in Lanark in 1973 and 1974 when the boy was aged 10 and 11.

Dailey’s second victim was assaulted and sexually abused by him at a residential school run by Catholic nuns in Edinburgh when he was aged seven and eight in 1974.

The third victim was housed in a local authority children’s home in Edinburgh when she was subjected to repeated abuse from age 14 in 1982.