Scots woman forced soap into mouth of boy and held knife to another in campaign of abuse
A woman who terrorised two boys during a three year campaign of abuse is facing jail. Nicola Sherlock, 35, threatened one youngster with a knife and forced soap into the mouth of another when they were aged between three and eight.
The older boy, then aged between four and eight, said Sherlock had repeatedly forced soap into his mouth and also struck him on his backside. She said: "Where would young children, these very young children, get these things from unless they happened?"Time and time again, the accused's position was that the children were mistaken and that they were lying but what she didn't do was elaborate on how they could be mistaken.Janice Green, defence advocate, urged the jury to acquit her client.
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