The 54-year-old was convicted of 10 offences, including violent assaults, rape, indecent communication, sexual activity with an older child he met online, abduction, and domestic abuse.
The crimes committed by Scott took place between 1985 and 2021 in various areas of Scotland, including West Lothian, Clackmannanshire, and Dumfries and Galloway. During the trial at the High Court in edinburgh" title="Edinburgh" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" data-wpil-monitor-id="69840">Edinburgh, Scott continued to deny any wrongdoing, claiming that his relationship with one of the child victims was consensual and blaming her for “seducing” him. The judge, Lady Haldane, described the crimes against the child victims as “particularly disturbing.”
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