Pervert ‘callously robbed three boys of innocence’

Dousse was jailed for seven years at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Lord Armstrong also placed Dousse on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

He told him his crimes were “disturbing and grave” .

Dousse was found guilty after trial of four charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices against children from 1975 to 1981.

Dousse’s surviving victims were in Edinburgh to witness him being jailed and they broke down in tears outside the courtroom following the sentencing.

Lord Armstrong said: “The abuse you perpetrated on the first boy took place when he was between the ages of five and six; the second boy was nine; and the third boy was between 12 and 13.

“The conduct on which you have been convicted extended throughout the period of August 1975 and June 1981 and involved a catalogue of sexual abuse.

He told him: “You are responsible for callously robbing all three of these boys of the innocence of their childhood.”

Dousse served in Northern Ireland with the Royal Engineers and was involved in bomb disposal.

He blamed his military service for turning him to drink in the 1970s as he struggled to adjust to civilian life.