Monster Scots mum who forced boys to rape baby girl in abuse campaign with ex-husband jailed

A MONSTER couple who forced two boys to take part in the rape of a one-year-old girl have been locked up for a combined 24 years.

The lads were aged just three and seven when they were compelled to participate in sickening attacks by evil Michael Cummins, 35, and wife Samantha Crawford, 33.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how the pair also subjected the boys and the girl to repeated serious sexual and physical assaults during a four year period beginning in 2014.

They also abused a fourth child.

Crawford and Cummins, both of Kirkcaldy, Fife, had stood trial earlier this year where they denied wrongdoing.

The pair silenced the children from telling other adults about what had happened to them by saying: “zip it, lock it put it in your pocket”.

Today, the evil duo reappeared at court to be sentenced.

Crawford was told she’d serve 10 years in custody while Cummins was told he’d serve 14 years in jail.

The pair were also told that they’d be supervised for years following their release – Crawford for three years and Cummins for four years.

Passing sentence, Lord Harrower said: “Your offending must be categorised as extreme. The impact of your offending on these children will be devastating.

“You do not accept any responsibility and neither of you have shown any remorse for your actions.”

Jurors returned guilty verdicts after having spent a week and a half listening to evidence detailing the impact that the attacks have had on the children – much of which is too awful to publish.

Crawford, who chose not to give evidence in her defence, started crying uncontrollably as they returned their verdicts.

But beast Cummins stared into the distance as judge Lord Harrower remanded the duo into custody.

Lord Harrower also told the jurors that they’d be eligible for counselling if they wanted to speak to somebody about their ordeal.

The court heard how the couple – who married in 2011 then split in 2022 – targeted their first victim when he was aged seven.

Cummins raped and physically assaulted the boy.

Their second victim was three when Cummins struck him repeatedly on the head and body with a belt and carried out sex attacks.

Crawford also struck the lad on his head and body with her hand. The girl was aged just one when she was raped on “various occasions”.

The pair also sexually and physically assaulted a fourth child, a boy born in 2014.

Doctors who examined the victims concluded their injuries had been caused by “traumatic” force.

The court heard Cummins had convictions for road traffic offences.

Today, Cummins’s solicitor advocate Gordon Martin told the court that his client knew what disposal he’d receive for his crimes.

He added: “He is under no illusion that he will receive a custodial sentence today. He is someone who has worked throughout his entire life.

“In all the circumstances I would invite the court to treat Mr Cummins as leniently as possible.”

Crawford’s advocate Jonathan Crowe told Lord Harrower that she still maintained her innocence.

She added: “Ms Crawford knows that in the circumstances the court has no option but to impose a custodial sentence.”

Lord Harrower also placed the pair on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

It comes as we revealed the paedophile couple lived next door to a trans pervert – with locals dubbing them the “neighbours from hell”.

The monster duo and 6ft5in beast Katie Dolatowski, 24, lived in a terraced row surrounded by unsuspecting families.

The trans predator sexually assaulted a ten-year-old schoolgirl in a supermarket toilet and attacked a second girl of 12 in another shop.

Crawford and Cummins even joined the effort to see off Dolatowski, triggering shock among residents when they too were unmasked as monsters.