A Lerwick man has admitted sexually abusing two young girls in the 1980s and 1990s.
Alan Scollay, of 33 Grodians, admitted molesting the two primary school age children when he appeared at the town’s sheriff court.
Sheriff Philip Mann deferred sentence until January 6 for reports, and warned the charges were so serious he may refer the case to the High Court.
Fiscal Duncan Mackenzie told the court that 58-year-old Scollay engaged in “depraved abuse” and that the “passage of time” between the offences “did not diminish his sexual appetite for young girls”.
Scollay admitted “years of abuse”, targeting one girl between January 1994 and December 1999 at two addresses in Shetland.
He used a video camera to film some of the abuse and forced his victim to watch adult pornography with him.
The court heard she only came forward because she feared he might abuse others in the future.
The court also heard that Scollay abused another girl between October 1982 and February 1983 at a separate address.
His agent, solicitor Tommy Allan, said he had “nothing to say in mitigation” and that his client was “under no illusion” of the consequences of the charges.
He asked that Scollay’s bail, which had a number of special conditions, be continued so he could visit his sick mother.
But the sheriff dismissed the request and added that for the first time in his career he was thinking of referring the case to the High Court.