A couple forced boys to participate in the rape of a baby

A man and a woman who forced two boys to take part in the rape of a one-year-old girl in a series of assaults have been sentenced to prison.

Samantha Crawford and Michael Cummins, from Kirkcaldy in Fife, allowed the children, then aged seven and three, to take part in their attacks on the child and in the sexual abuse of a fourth child.

Crawford and Cummins, who were once married but have since divorced, also made the two older children promise not to tell anyone about their repeated physical and sexual attacks.

Crawford, 33, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Cummins, 35, was given a 14-year prison sentence after the pair denied any wrongdoing during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.