Pervert facing life in prison after abuse at kids’ home
A SERIAL sex offender faces a life sentence after a highprofile probe into abuse at a former children’s home.
Alistair Findlay preyed on the vulnerable youngsters in the 1970s and 80s.
Findlay worked at the time at Park Lodge Children’s Home then in Glasgow’s Newlands.
He was initially prosecuted – and then cleared – in 1984 following allegations made by residents.
But, last year, police launched a fresh investigation into abuse claims at the former Glasgow City Council home that shut in 2008.
It resulted in Findlay being hauled into the dock as victims recalled harrowing ordeals at his hands.
The 59 year-old denied the accusations – even insisting claims had been made as “revenge” for him previously being acquitted.
Prosecutors branded his claims ‘simply incredible’.
But, he was found guilty of seven sex charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
These included separate attacks on a girl not from the home and a boy he was teaching to swim.
After the verdict, jurors were then told of Findlay’s horrendous list of sex offences.
He was jailed for six years in 1999 for trying to lure a 10 year-old girl into a paedophile ring.
Other crimes included being locked up again for three years in 2004 for having indecent images of children.
He was last jailed for two years in 2016 for abusing boys during lessons.
Lord Matthews ordered a full risk assessment be carried on Findlay before sentencing next February.
This could lead to the pervert being hit with an Order for Lifelong Restriction.
Findlay was remanded in custody pending sentencing. swimming