A depraved paedophile who sexually abused a young girl up to four times a week called himself a “monster” in sick text messages to his victim, a court has heard. In one of the messages to the girl, who was abused when she was aged eight and nine, Calum Adams wrote: “I hate paedos and now I have become one.”

A Scots pensioner has launched a campaign to save a castle renowned for being an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s horror novel ‘Dracula’. Joe Allan, 82, wants to have Slains Castle taken away from developers and given back to the people of Scotland.