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A fireman who raped a nine-year-old girl after rescuing her from a blaze then told her he would murder her mother if she told anyone is facing jail.

John McGinn also raped and abused his partner, making her feel 'like a piece of garbage', and beat up another girl before giving her sweets to keep her quiet.

The young girl attacked by the firefighter did not reveal her ordeal for two decades because she was so scared of his threats.

McGinn, 56, claimed the accusations were 'downright lies' and insisted he would rather die than be a paedophile, saying his victims had invented their claims in order to blackmail him.

But he was convicted of six charges, including rape, after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow, and faces a long jail term when he is sentenced later this month.