A former Renfrewshire children’s home boss has been found guilty of force feeding kids, hitting them with shoes and making them stand for “prolonged periods” in darkness.
Cruel Anne Whitty carried out abuse on 12 children at Quarriers Home in Bridge of Weir during her spell as ‘house mother’ between 1974 and 2003.
After a trial spanning almost three weeks at Paisley Sheriff Court, the jury found Whitty guilty of 11 charges of “cruel” and “unnatural treatment” of children whose “care and protection” she was responsible for.
During the trial, a 54-year-old woman told how she was “force fed” by Whitty. Beth Wylie, who was at the home until she was seven, told the court: “She would force the spoon into your mouth.
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