May 2014

Tiree man found guilty of sexually abusing four girls

A 78-year-old man has been found guilty yesterday of four charges of child sex abuse dating back more than 30 years.

Angus Grant was described in court as a manipulative and dangerous child abuser before being convicted of abusing four girls over a period stretching from the late 1970s to the late 1990s.

Grant, of Ceol na Mara, 3 Vaul, Tiree, pleaded not guilty to using indecent practices towards the girls.

Grant was asked by his defence advocate Sarah Livingstone: “Do you know why these women are saying you did these things to them?”

Grant replied he did not know