A jailed former football coach was imprisoned for a further four years today after more victims emerged.
Alasdair McCulloch, 36, kissed and carried out sex acts on one victim and indecently assaulted another youngster in Aberdeenshire.
McCulloch was jailed in 2018 for four-and-a-half years after he pled guilty to five indecency offences after targeting five other boys during an eight year period between 1998 and 2006.
Two of the victims were lured into woods to play truth or dare then abused.
The latest offences to come to light were committed on boys between November 2001 and May 2002 and between April 2005 and April 2008.
A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: “Taken together your offences demonstrate a pattern of offending against boys over a period of 10 years.”
Lord Boyd of Duncansby ordered that he should serve a four year sentence for the two crimes of indecency and indecent assault he admitted in May this year from today.
The judge also ordered that he should be kept under supervision for a further two year period.
Lord Boyd said it was clear that as a child McCulloch had suffered neglect and abuse and been exposed to domestic violence and drug and drink abuse.
He acknowledged that McCulloch had expressed “not just a willingness but a desire” to take part in the sex offender treatment programme Moving Forward: Making Changes.
Lord Boyd said: “Very regrettably, I am told you are 105th on the waiting list – a situation made more difficult by the present pandemic.”
The judge said that he hoped the lengthy waiting list could be addressed by the authorities to allow McCulloch to benefit from it.
The court heard that one of the latest victim’s had first contacted police about McCulloch in 2011 but there was insufficient evidence to proceed at the time.
The other was also spoken to earlier but revealed he was not able to report the abuser’s conduct because of embarrassment.
One victim has since been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder.
Defence counsel Drew McKenzie said there was “obvious remorse and regret” on the part of McCulloch and a recognition that what he had done was wrong.
He said that McCulloch had earlier been subjected to bullying when he had moved to the Fraserburgh/Peterhead area.
The former production engineer, who followed proceedings by a TV link to prison, was placed on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
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