Sports therapist assaulted six men

A sports therapist sexually assaulted six men while giving them massages for their injuries at his home.

Matthew Priest fondled the men during massage sessions after they had contacted his firm The Edinburgh Massage which he ran from his flat.

All three victims were said to have rushed from the makeshift treatment clinic after being touched by the sports therapist.

Priest admitted the three charges when he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court earlier this year and yesterday he returned to court to plead guilty to a further three sex assaults on different men.

The court heard Priest advertised through social media and fondled the men after they had made massage therapy appointments due to sports injuries.

Sheriff Robert Weir QC told Priest he had carried out “a serious breach of trust” and that a community-based order would “better protect the public”.

The sheriff placed Priest on a five-year Sexual Offenders Prevention Order and placed him on the sex offenders register for the same term.

Priest will also be under supervision for the next two years and must attend sessions with the sex offenders programme Moving Forward Making Changes.

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