BLAIR THOMSON

ABERDEEN MAN SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

A male sex offender, Blair Thomson, aged 23, has been sentenced to three years in prison for crimes involving underage girls.

He was found guilty of engaging in sexual intercourse with two minors and sending indecent communications to minors, with the pattern of his behavior described by the judge as grooming.

Lord Harrower stated that due to the nature of Thomson's offenses, there was no alternative but a custodial sentence.

Thomson's criminal activities began in 2014 and continued in Aberdeen until 2019.

Despite being acquitted of a rape charge at an earlier trial, he was convicted of unlawful intercourse with a 15-year-old girl he met via social media in 2017 and had sex with a 13-year-old girl at his home in 2019.

Additionally, he was convicted of five counts of indecent communication.

The judge mentioned that Thomson posed a medium risk of re-offending and would be supervised under an extended sentence for an additional two years.

He will also be placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely.

Defense attorney David Moggach argued for a less severe sentence, such as a community payback order, emphasizing Thomson's hope for employment and awareness of the consequences of breaching such an order.