September 2015
Businessman admits sexually abusing young boy – No prison & fined
A Lincolnshire businessman who admitted sexually abusing a young boy has been handed a fine by a Scottish court and walked free.
Alan Rupert Dixon, 77, a partner in the Special Edition Chocolates company based on the Willingham Hall Industrial Estate, admitted one charge of sexual assault at Dunoon Sheriff Court in Scotland in July.
He admitted sexually assaulting the young boy at a country estate
The 77-year-old, who showed little emotion throughout the proceedings, was placed on the Sex Offenders Register at the July hearing.
Charges included lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour between June 1 2006 and November 30, 2012, in western Scotland.
He also faced a charge of a sexual offence involving a child under the age of 13 between December 2010 and July 2013.
Sentence was deferred until Monday,August 31 for reports and Dixon was bailed.
A trial had been due to take place in July until the guilty plea was entered on the opening day.
On Bank Holiday Monday Dixon was fined £9,500 as a direct alternative to custody.
And he was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years.
He was also ordered to pay £3,000 compensation to the child.
July 2015
77-year-old Businessman admits sexually abusing a young boy
A chocolatier admitted sexually abusing a young boy on the morning a jury was sworn in for histrial.
Market Rasen businessman Alan Rupert Dixon, 77, a partner in the Special Edition Chocolates company based on the Willingham Hall Industrial Estate, admitted one charge of sexual assault.
He had been due to stand trial after denying two charges of child sex offences.
Fifteen members of a jury were sworn in for the trial of Dixon at Dunoon Sheriff Court, in Argyll, Scotland, this morning, but the trial will not now go ahead.
Defence counsel Lewis Kennedy submitted a new plea in which he admitted one of the two offences, while denying the other.
The court accepted the plea.
He admitted sexually assaulting the young boy at a country estate on one occasion at some point between December 2010 and July 2013.
The 77-year-old, who showed little emotion throughout the proceedings, has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register.
Sentence has been deferred until August 31 for reports and he has been bailed.
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