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Eight more years for sex beast

A serial sex offender has been sentenced to an extra eight years behind bars after two more victims bravely came forward.

Alexander Morgan, 72, preyed on the then young girls between 1992 and 1996.

The attacks happened at addresses in Paisley, as well as Blantyre, in Lanarkshire.

The victims were aged around 11 and 12 when Morgan first struck.

The pervert was yesterday sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow, having earlier been found guilty of two charges of lewd and libidinous conduct.

He was already serving a ten- year jail term for sex offences - including the rape of a young girl in Paisley - imposed in 2015.

Simon Gilbride, defending, yesterday said Morgan has had “no contact” from family and friends since his offending came to light.

Despicable Morgan was caged at Edinburgh High Court six years ago for repeatedly sexually assaulting two little girls over a nine-year period.

Du r i n g previous proceedings, the court heard how Morgan sexually abused his first victim – who cannot be named for legal reasons – at a house in Paisley.

The assaults against this girl began in January 1992 and continued until December 1995.

Morgan repeatedly raped his second victim at another location in Paisley between January 1999 and April 2001. His victim was aged just 12 when he started abusing her.

The court also heard that Morgan had learning difficulties.

Passing sentence at the time, Lord McEwan told Morgan that he was being placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register.

He added: “Custody is the only sentence that I can impose in this case.”

The eight- year sentence imposed on Morgan will begin once his first jail term is completed, totalling an 18-year custodial sentence.