Thirteen years later Birnie’s marriage failed and Catherine left her husband and they rekindled the relationship and moved into the Moorehouse Street, Willagee home. Birnie was described by his brother as having and insatiable sexual appetite demanding sex up to six times a day and furthermore he was into kinky sex and pornography (Kidd, 2006). Catherine was devoted to Birnie and would do anything to prove her love for him. In August, 1986 Birnie’s 21 year old brother had given him a birthday present of sex with Catherine to which she happily agreed (Kidd, 2006). Catherine and Birnie both fantasised about abducting and raping girls. Catherine realised this opportunity when twenty one year old Mary Neilson came to the Willagee home in October
