Three family members have been sentenced in connection with abuse described in court proceedings as a “house of terror”.
Shirley Freeman, Julia Stephen and David McColl were sentenced after victims endured a pattern of mistreatment that included physical assaults, being deprived of food and psychological abuse.
The case involved a mother, a grandmother and a stepfather, with the victims said to have suffered serious and sustained harm. The supplied material identifies the defendants as Freeman, Stephen and McColl, and states that their victims were beaten, starved and mentally tormented.
The description of the abuse as taking place in a “house of terror” reflects the severity of the conduct for which the three were sentenced. The available information does not include the length of the sentences, the court where they were imposed, or further details about the victims.
The latest known position is that Freeman, Stephen and McColl have now been sentenced for the abuse.
