BEAST IN OUR MIDST
PAEDO TRICKED VETERANS’ CHARITY
BY ALAN McEWEN a.mcewen@dailyrecord.co.uk A PAEDOPHILE spent a year living in a home for military veterans after lying about his sordid crimes.
David Scott this week admitted a catalogue of sex attacks against six children.
It has now emerged the pervert was put up in Whitefoord House in Edinburgh, who offer accommodation to homeless former service personnel.
Those with convictions or pending charges for sexual offences are banned from the centre.
It’s understood former soldier Scott, 60, concealed his sordid past from managers.
Veterans living in the accommodation were furious when they found out Scott was a paedophile.
A former Royal Navy sailor said: “It’s disgusting that he was here among people who have served their country.
“He took the place of a veteran who could have really needed it.”
A former RAF serviceman added: “He was here for a year. I talked to him a bit at first but then he started shutting himself in his room and never came out.
“It was probably for the best he hid himself away.
“There are some tough ex-Army guys in here who wouldn’t have taken kindly to finding out what he’s done. It’s sick.”
Scott carried out the sex attacks, which included rape, from 1970 to 2015.
The High Court in Glasgow
“While we do inquire about previous convictions before admitting an applicant, there is little we can do if they are determined to cover these up.”
Scott, of Edinburgh, will be sentenced later.