Murdering lesbian parents who Googled 'Can wives b in prison together' - and killed their little son Liam Fee, 2 - are reportedly being held in cells yards apart from each other.
The news that they have been apparently granted their wishes, at least in the short term, since their guilty verdict is bound to attract widespread shock and outrage.
Rachel and Nyomi Fee , of Fife, east Scotland, put Liam and two other unnamed young boys through a catalogue of shocking abuse.
It included imprisoning them in a makeshift cage at their home, forcing them to eat dog excrement and vomit and tying them naked to a chair throughout the night near snakes and rats.
Horrific pictures from the home showed a medieval-like chain and cable ties along with the makeshift cage in which they were held.
Liam died at home near Glenrothes on March 22, 2014, when his heart ruptured from blows to his chest.
This week the pair were found guilty of their murder, neglect, assault and abuse by a jury at The High Court in Livingston, West Lothian. They both face lengthy jail terms.
During the trial it was revealed that as they continued their campaign of abuse and neglect they were determined to ensure their relationship would last - even if they were jailed.
A computer and phone search revealed at least one of the pair had Googled: 'Can wives b in prison together'.
Now it emerges they are being held on the same remand wing at Cornton Vale prison in Stirling as they await their sentencing.
The prison service declined to comment on the revelation, saying it doesn't comment on the housing of individual prisoners.
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It is understood that all women in Scotland are sent to Cornton Vale to await sentencing as a matter of protocol. However there are female wings in prisons in Scotland including Edinburgh, Grampian and Greenock.
A prison source told The Daily Mail the decision to put them both there has 'sickened both prisoners and guards' and they had already suffered verbal abuse and were potentially in a 'dangerous place'.
The source said: "It has sickened both prisoners and guards that this pair are on the same wing as each other and can still be together.
"They are still at each other's side. They may feel safer being together at the moment but the prisoners here hate this pair.
"Killing a child is the big no-no in here and when the women read about the abuse this lad suffered before they killed him, then it fuels the fire. They are in a very dangerous place. It seems a sick logic, but this crime will not be tolerated by the women.
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"When they arrived it was like a scene from outside court. They were being verbally abused like I have never seen before.
"They will be separated after they get sentenced, that's when they will be sent into the mainstream jail.
"Child killers, especially those that have abused a toddler so horrifically like this pair did, are in for a very rough ride."
The abuse the boys suffered which was revealed in court included being:
- Denied access to the toilet then forced to take freezing showers when they wet the bed
- Beaten, smacked and called humiliating names
- Deprived of food as a punishment
- Tied to a locked home-made cage at night-time
- Tied naked to a chair and left alone in the dark in a room with snakes and rats in boxes - warned the creatures eat 'naughty little boys'
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Forced to eat dog excrement and their own vomit.
Mothers Against Murder and Aggression chairman Amanda Everit said: "We are astounded to learn these two women are in a position where, one would imagine, they are still able to openly associate.
"They not only murdered a defenceless little boy after what appears from the evidence to be sustained and prolonged abuse of him and other children but they further conspired to ensure a seven-year-old child would take the blame for their heinous act."