An Aberdeen paedophile who claimed he poured bleach on his genitals in a bid to stop sexually abusing boys has been jailed.
Service engineer Allan Fraser who admitted molesting three teenagers was also ordered to be monitored in the community for three years after his release from prison.
Judge Lady Scott told Fraser: “You treated these boys as objects for your sexual gratification. You are assessed as a high risk of re-offending and I am satisfied you present a risk of harm to children.”
She added: “Your appalling conduct has affected your victims.”
Fraser, 41, of Great Western Road, Aberdeen, admitted the offences which were committed between 2004 and 2016.
One boy described being “frozen with fear’” as Fraser sexually abused him.
He said that Fraser went on to regularly abuse him when he babysat him while the boy’s mother was out for the night.
Fraser also abused the boy as his business premises, a garage at an industrial estate in Aberdeen.
Prosecutor Ian Wallace said: “The boy did not want to do any of this, but he did not know how to stop the accused. He was scared of him.
“He says this abuse has had a significant emotional effect on him. It has affected his confidence and relationships.”
Fraser had sex with a second boy when the boy was aged between 14 and 16 and also showed him pornographic videos.
The court heard that the abuse of the third victim started when he was 13. The offences were committed at various addresses in Aberdeenshire.
Defence counsel Lorraine Glancy said: “He has attended a programme for sex offenders called Stop It Now which aims to prevent re-offending.
“He accepts the damage to his victims will affect them for the rest of their lives. He realises his conduct was extremely damaging.”
Fraser was placed on the sex offenders’ register.