Glasgow woman jailed for abusing four children over the course of a decade

A Glasgow woman who caused a young boy to be fed paint from a ceiling after she made him go to bed hungry has been jailed for 32 months.

Yvonne Keenan, 56, made the victim suffer at her hands at her home in Maryhill.

The boy - aged between five and eight - was also made to eat cat food while in the care of Keenan.

Three other children were severely punished by Keenan which included being made to face a wall for long periods of time.

Keenan's victims - who are now all adults - have received justice after she pled guilty to cruel and unnatural treatment of children.

The four charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court span between 1994 and March 2001.

The court heard that the boy and a girl - now aged 32 - were frequently not fed by Keenan and sent to bed hungry.

Prosecutor Sean Docherty said: "The girl remembers the boy crying because he was so hungry and she did not know what to do.

"She decided to scrape paint off the ceiling from the top bunk and fed it to him.

"She described this as an act of desperation to help him as she did not know what else to do."

On another occasion, the girl recalled the boy pushing a button in the kitchen which was not allowed.

Mr Docherty added: "As a consequence, Keenan forced the boy to eat cat food which was lying in the kitchen."

The girl also recalled being made to stand in the dark kitchen overnight and was "too scared to move."

Keenan was violent towards her which included being dragged off a bed which caused her head to strike a radiator.

She further remembered being "physically force fed" cereal and milk.

Mr Docherty said: "To this day, she cannot consume milk due to this experience."

Another girl - now aged 38 - stated Keenan was violent towards her which included shaking and throwing her around.

She was also slapped on the face when Keenan overheard a telephone call which referenced alcohol.

A boy - now aged 36 - claimed "disciplinarian" Keenan would poke him on the body if he did not return home from school in a set time.

He was also made to stand and stare at a wall for hours as well as be without dinner.