The Scottish Prison Service contacted John Andrew Ballantyne yesterday and told him his dad had died.
John Andrew Ballantyne's dad John was dubbed the "Beast of Bonnybridge" after he was jailed in 2022 for a catalogue of abuse on his son and many others in Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire from 1977 to 2018.
John Andrew, from Coatbridge, said his first reaction to the news was anger that his dad had escaped justice in dying. "I also wanted him to suffer in prison because I got comfort from the fact that he was inside and paying the price for all the harm he caused to my family and to other children.
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