Teacher guilty of sex with pupils

A TEACHER has been found guilty of engaging in sexual activity with two pupils on Shetland.

Kieran Malcolmson was convicted of two charges following a trial at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.

A remote jury found the 35-year-old guilty by majority of being in a position of trust as a school teacher and engaging in sexual activity other than sexual intercourse with or directed towards a pupil in 2009.

He kissed and engaged in sexual activity with the girl while he was employed at a school in Shetland.

Malcolmson was also found guilty by majority of a similar offence of engaging in sexual activity with or directed towards another pupil at a school in 2018.

He kissed the girl on the mouth and repeatedly asked her to accompany him to a “dark and secluded area”.

Malcolmson had also faced a third charge of a similar nature, but the jury returned a verdict of not proven on that allegation.

Sheriff Philip Mann made Malcolmson, whose address was given in court papers as Sandwick, Shetland, subject to the notification requirement of the Sexual Offences Act.

He will be sentenced next month.