Man jailed for child abuse

A FORMER children’s panel chairman has been jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing two boys and a young man.

Daniel Ross, 62, began abusing one of his victims from the age of 14 in the 1990s, and another from the age of 13 in the 1980s, at locations in Glasgow.

Ross’ first victim, now aged 55, was sexually assaulted after they met at a club in the late 1970s.

At the High Court in Glasgow, Ross was also placed on the sex offenders register.

Lord Matthews told Ross that he was guilty of “very grave offences”.

The judge said: “It was your position which gave you access to the young vulnerable boys and who were entitled to look to you to make important decisions for their welfare.

“Decisions which should have enabled them to make the most of the poor start they had been given in life.

“Instead you grossly abused your position of trust and made decisions for your own benefit.”

Ross’ trial heard how he abused his senior position at the children’s panel to prey on a teenage boy at its offices in the city’s Albion Street in the 1990s.

The victim, now aged 38, said Ross abused him for the first time before a children’s panel hearing in Albion Street.

Ross had already earlier abused another young boy between 1985 and 1988. He also met this victim through the children’s panel.