Members of a vile human trafficking gang in Glasgow intend to appeal their convictions, according to reports.

Vojtech Gombar, Anil Wagle, Jana Sandorova, and Ratislav Adam were jailed for a total of more than 36 years last year after being found guilty of selling women for prostitution and slavery.

Over several weeks the court heard how young women and teenage girls - some who were pregnant - were coerced into travelling to the UK with the promise of better lives.

The gang, based in a tenement in Glasgow's Govanhill, sold one woman for £10,000 in a transaction outside a Primark store in Glasgow city centre.

Now, sources have told the Sunday Post the gang have 'indicated an intention' to appeal both their convictions and sentence.

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The group have already billed taxpayers for £325,000 in legal aid, and the sum is now expected to increase 'substantially' with the possible appeals.

Gang ringleader Vojtech Gombar has raked in £126,401 of taxpayer-funded legal aid, with stepdaughter Sandorova paid £20,911.

Her partner, Adam, has received £74,487, and Wagle has so far received a total of £106,812.

A Scottish legal aid board spokesman told the Sunday Post: "Legal aid is paid directly to lawyers to represent people accused of serious crimes to help ensure a jury can reach an appropriate verdict in a timely manner. 

"Serious and complex cases with multiple accused are expensive because of the amount of work for solicitors and counsel.

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"If the accused were unrepresented there would be greater costs to the courts and prosecution.

"This would not be in the best interest of witnesses or the criminal justice system."