Vile Lanarkshire beast who raped his own sisters when they were children jailed for 10 years

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The mum of a vile Lanarkshire rapist who sexually assaulted his two younger sisters for more than a decade wept in court as he was jailed for 10 years.Edward Reid, of Airdrie, tried to claim that his siblings Sarah McLeod and Chelsea Downing had conspired against him in a bid to get criminal injury compensation.But the 32-year-old’s lies were not believed by a jury who last month found him guilty of repeatedly raping and sexually abusing the girls between 2003 and 2013.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Chelsea and Sarah, who have waived their right to anonymity, told their mum about Reid’s abuse in September 2020 forcing her to call the police on her son.Following his conviction at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday, the brave sisters spoke to Lanarkshire Live's sister paper the Daily Record so they could finally unmask their "predator" brother.Reid has now been locked up and placed on the sex offenders’ register for life.Mum-of-one Chelsea, who was just six-years-old when the abuse started, said: “I’m happy that the judge and jury saw through his persona and saw him for the beast that he is.

There are no winners here today.“It’s just about justice and making sure he’s not able to do the same thing to anyone else."We could have applied for compensation and not gone to court.