UNITED KINGDOM
The Courier
March 9, 2020
By Craig Smith
The Boys Brigade has raised a civil action against a prominent former Fife lawyer and football club chairman convicted of sexually abusing two boys more than two decades ago.
Julian Danskin, who is now 68, was sentenced to 18 months in jail in 1999 after he was found guilty of offences towards two ex-BB members over a seven-year period while he was captain of the 1st Methil company.
The Courier has now learned the organisation is seeking damages from Danskin through the Court of Session in a case likely to be heard later this year.
Danskin’s solicitor Nigel Cooke, from principal acting solicitors McKenzies Solicitors, said: “All I am in a position to say is that the action raised by the Boys Brigade against Julian Danskin will be vigorously defended.”
The disgraced former solicitor and one time chairman of East Fife Football Club was found guilty of three charges of a sexual nature following a two-week trial before a jury at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court in 1999.
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