Jim Torbett

James "Jim" Torbett is a former association football coach and convicted child molester who abused several children playing for Celtic Boys Club, an organisation that has acted as a feeder club for Celtic. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/213063.stm "Former Celtic manager guilty of abuse"] , "BBC News", November 12, 1998. Retrieved March 15, 2007.] [http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1572723,00.html "Child abusers who shame British football"] , "The Observer", September 18, 2005. Retrieved March 15, 2007.]

Torbett's crimes became public in 1996 when former footballer Alan Brazil spoke to the "Daily Record", revealing that he had been molested at the age of 13 at Torbett's home in Sighthill, Glasgow. The allegations were heard at the Glasgow Sheriff Court, where Torbett was found guilty on charges of shameless and indecent conduct with three juveniles, between October 1967 and March 1974. In 1998 Torbett was jailed for two and a half years.

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