In 2019, the Offender Database reported that Lawton Ramsay, an Edinburgh Paedophile Child Molester, was incarcerated for sexually assaulting two schoolgirls during their visit to his residence.
Lawton Ramsay, then 77, preyed upon two little sisters after the demise of their mother during his weekly visits.
The pensioner commenced the molestation of the girls when they were merely ten and eleven years old, in a prolonged campaign of abuse that persisted for almost four years.
Lawton Ramsay, hailing from Mayfield, Edinburgh, was convicted by a jury of four counts of child abuse committed between April 2005 and July 2009 during his trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court in November.
The court previously heard that Lawton Ramsay experienced melancholy in the months after the assault and disclosed his actions against the girls to his physician.
The physician promptly notified the authorities of the child sexual assaults confessed by Lawton Ramsay, leading to the pensioner’s later interview, arrest, and charges filed against him.
Lawton Ramsay’s police interview was played in full to the jury, where he admitted having sexual contact with the girls, though he claimed he believed both of them to be over 16 at the time.
Lawton Ramsay claimed the older girl had “instigated” the sexual contact between them and said both girls had “wound him up sexually”.
Lawton Ramsay returned to court for sentencing, where he was jailed for a total of 27 months and placed on the sex offenders register for ten years.
Sheriff Alistair Noble told him, “A jury convicted you of four charges against two sisters while they were children.
“You did not dispute the sexual conduct involving the sisters.
“No force was involved, but in the case of children, force may not be required. Clearly, the girls appear to be significantly affected by your behaviour.
“It is accepted in your case that only custody can be imposed.”
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