Angus OAP jailed for 12 years for sexual abuse of children in 1980s

An Angus OAP faces 12 years in jail after being found guilty of historic sexual and physical abuse spanning seven years against two children in the 1980s.

David Brown, now 71, carried out the acts at a remote property in Angus, with his youngest victim being just seven years old when the abuse began.

Brown invited a girl into his bedroom as a “treat” and touched her sexually, as well as inducing her to carry out a sex act on him.

He also watched her bathe, touched her while she was in the bath and watched pornography in her presence.

A further charge detailed how Brown watched pornography in front of a boy and exposed himself to him on two occasions, the first when the boy was nine.

The pensioner, now of Knowehead Crescent, Kirriemuir, assaulted the same boy by grabbing his throat and pushing him over a fence.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard Brown had “no sexual boundaries” and that the age of the children was “incidental” rather than a driving factor in his offending.

Solicitor Ian Houston said: “The age of the children was incidental. It was a lack of proper realisation of proper boundaries that led to these offences rather than an interest in children.”

Sheriff Alastair Brown imposed a 12-year jail sentence, discounted by two years due to the historic nature of the offences.

Addressing the accused, he said: “Sexual activity in relation to children was a serious offence in the 1980s, just as it is now.”