In 2017, then 36-year-old Robert McGregor, of Inverness, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment after carrying out a predatory series of assaults on young children. The investigation, led by the National Child Abuse Investigation Unit, established that McGregor systematically targeted young boys for sexual gratification over a period spanning more than a decade. The prosecution reported at the High Court in Edinburgh that McGregor abused the trust of the families involved, identifying a total abandonment of human decency.
SENTENCING — On Thursday, 6 April 2017, the judiciary at the High Court in Edinburgh imposed a ten-year custodial sentence. Andy Shanks, COPFS Procurator Fiscal for Sexual Offences, branded McGregor a sexual predator whose deplorable actions had a devastating impact on victims and their families. Authorities reported that McGregor is being released this week in May 2026 after serving the custodial portion of his sentence.
OFFENCES — Convicted of serious sexual offences involving the targeting of young boys over a ten-year period.
OUTCOME — Jailed for 10 years in 2017; released in May 2026.
NATURE OF OFFENCE — The offender conducted a harrowing and systematic series of assaults, preying on young children and abusing the trust of their families. The investigation was triggered by intelligence from the National Online Child Abuse Prevention Agency, identifying a calculated series of assaults that sent shockwaves through local communities in the Highlands and North of Scotland.
LOCATION OF OFFENCES — Inverness and the Highlands region.
PROFILE — Robert McGregor. He is documented as a persistent sexual predator who utilised his proximity to families as a mechanical necessity to facilitate long-term child abuse.
UK SEX OFFENDERS REGISTER — Notification requirements remain active FOR LIFE following his conviction for serious sexual offences.
COURT PROCEEDINGS — The sentencing was held at the High Court in Edinburgh.
CRIMINAL RECORD — Registered sex offender and convicted serial child abuser released in 2026.
ORIGIN OF OFFENDER — Inverness.
QUESTION — Given that “a sexual predator who targeted young boys for over a decade has been released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence imposed in 2017,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Individuals Convicted of Systematic Multi-Victim Child Abuse” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Whole-Life Incarceration Without Parole” to prevent a series of assaults?
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