A koi carp specialist and Darlington Paedophile, Dean Dimarco, convicted by a jury of abusing three youngsters, has been cautioned that he may face imprisonment.
Dean Dimarco manipulated and fondled the breasts of the schoolgirls and solicited views of their vaginas while supervising them at a residence in Livingston, West Lothian.
Dean Dimarco, 67, also encouraged the teenage victims to recline on his bed alongside him as he was unclothed and traversed the residence with his genitalia exposed.
The lecherous senior also observed the children, aged 12 to 16, when they were unclothed in the bath and shower.
The sexual assaults occurred after Dean Dimarco was entrusted with the care of the children while their mother was employed on many occasions in the early 1990s.
He refuted all allegations, asserting that the now-adult women fabricated the accusations; nonetheless, a jury did not find his assertions credible and rendered majority guilty verdicts on all three charges at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.
Dean Dimarco was convicted of employing lascivious, indecent, and libidinous conduct towards three youngsters at the location in Livingston between January 1991 and March 1993.
Dean Dimarco, a resident of Darlington, County Durham, is the proprietor and managing director of the fish and pond health consultancy known as The Koi Clinic.
The organisation specialised in all facets of pond and fish health, encompassing digital water analysis, parasite identification and treatment, as well as wound care for Koi carp.
Dean Dimarco is a distinguished judge in the realm of Koi carp and established the ChatterKoi PhotoShow competition a decade ago.
The trial included testimonies from three victims who informed the jury that Dean Dimarco compelled them to engage in sports that required them to wrestle one another.
The trial revealed that he frequently exposed himself to children in the residence, and one victim reported that he repeatedly groped her breasts while she was bathing at the age of 12.
A second woman recounted how she observed Dean Dimarco gazing at her through a glass panel in the bathroom door while she was showering at the age of 14.
The jury was informed that the victims were unaware of each other’s experiences until they convened approximately four years ago to discuss their histories.
Subsequently, one of the women opted to report the incident to the police, leading to an inquiry that culminated in Dean Dimarco’s arrest and subsequent charges.
In response to the jury’s judgement, Sheriff Douglas Keir stated: “This was evidently manipulative and disgraceful behaviour perpetrated over several years. All options remain available to this court, including a custodial sentence.”
The sheriff enrolled Dean Dimarco in the sex offenders registry and postponed sentencing for the drafting of a criminal justice social work report and evaluation of a restriction of liberty order until next month.
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