Church Youth Leader Abused Two Children

Stv
April 13, 2012

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Alexander Taylor jailed for 32 months.

Alexander Taylor confessed to police he did something 'horribly, horribly wrong' to two girls, one aged only five.

A church youth leader has been jailed for the sustained sexual abuse of two young girls which began when he was just 14.

One of Alexander Taylor's victims was only five years old when he began abusing her, while the other was 12.

Taylor was 14 when the offending began in 2001, but it continued until he was 20.

When police detained him last year, he confessed to them he had done something "horribly, horribly wrong".

The 25-year-old, of Chapelhill Road, Fraserburgh, was jailed for 32 months at the High Court in Edinburgh on Friday after he admitted two counts of indecency towards the children.

The judge, Lord Woolman, said: "Sexual abuse can have a profound effect on individuals throughout their lives. It is wrong to take away a person's childhood.

"There was an element of grooming in respect of both girls. Having regard to the gravity of these offences only a custodial sentence is warranted."

Defence counsel Shahid Latif that "to all intents and purposes has led an unblemished life" since the offences and realises that what he did was wrong.

Taylor, an airfield communications engineer, was also placed on the sex offenders register.

The girls were not linked to Taylor through his church activities, the court heard previously heard.