BIKER NEWS: Satan’s Slaves biker gang leader who molested girl aged six and later tried to rape her finally jailed four decades later

BETTY was just six years old when her paedophile cousin George Ritchie first indecently assaulted her while wearing his leather uniform.

BN- A MOTHER has told how she was sexually abused as a child by a leader of the Satan’s Slaves biker gang.

Betty was just six years old when her paedophile cousin George Ritchie first indecently assaulted her while wearing his leather uniform.

Two other girls were also abused by the sick biker, whose gang terrorised the east of Scotland for decades.

Ritchie, who proudly posed for photos in his Satan’s Slaves leathers while performing a Nazi salute, repeatedly molested Betty over a six-year period – often while baby-sitting her.

He blackmailed her into silence. But nearly four decades later, she finally found the courage to report his crimes.

Ritchie is now behind bars after being jailed for eight years last week.

Recalling her ordeal, mum-of-two Betty, 44, from Burntisland in Fife, said: “When I was about six, I’d go to visit my aunt and my cousin George would be there.

“He started by picking me up inappropriately. Then he started telling me to do things which I didn’t understand … but he was my 18-year-old big cousin and I was scared of him.

“He was a Satan’s Slaves biker for many, many years and would turn up on his bike and in all his leathers – and at 6ft-plus it just added to the overall image of how terrifying he was.

“I later learned his biker’s nickname was Pussy, and it just gave me chills down my spine.

“My parents worked, so sometimes he would be there to look after me when I came home from school.

“He even moved in with us for a short while. It was then he stepped up his abuse.

“I’d feel sick to my stomach with nerves and dread knowing I’d have to go home from school and he would be there waiting for me.

“Then, when I was seven, he tried to rape me.

“Days later, he woke me up early in the morning and showed me an envelope. He said he had written down all the bad stuff I’d done and told me to do what I was told or he would give it to my dad.

“I knew he meant the abuse and things he had been doing
to me.

“My dad was very strict and I didn’t want him to be disappointed or angry, so I’d do what I was told like a little doll but all the time I’d be shaking like a leaf with fear.”

The abuse continued even after Ritchie got married.

Betty said: “George would wake me up early in the morning and, without saying a word, he would take me off into another room to abuse me.

“Even although he was married, he still continued. He would agree to baby-sit me so he could wake me up and abuse me while his wife was asleep or had nipped out to the shops.

“Then he would wave this envelope about and the constant threat of shame would scare me out of telling anyone.”

When she was 12, Betty found the courage to stand up to her abuser.

She recalled: “One day, he wanted me to touch him. I’d never sworn in my life but told him to f