Sex offender will serve eight months in prison

A 26-year-old Kirkwall man found guilty of sexual offences will serve eight months in prison, before being released on licence for the remainder of a 16-month sentence.

Graham Findlay was convicted of five sexual offences which took place between January, 2004, and August, 2012, in Kirkwall. The charges against him included four counts of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour towards boys, aged between seven and 13, and a charge of sexual assault against a 16-year-old male.

In June, a jury returned majority guilty verdicts on the charges, but sentence was deferred for reports.

At Kirkwall Sheriff Court today, Findlay was handed a 16-month suspended sentence, placed on the sex offenders register for ten years and made subject to a sexual offences prevention order for five years.