ELGIN DELIVERY DRIVER SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WOMAN AND CHILD
An Elgin delivery driver has been warned he faces jail after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman and a child, as well as sending another youngster a sexually explicit image.Leigh Jeffrey stood trial at Aberdeen High Court last week.
He was accused of physical and sexual assaults, including rape.
The court heard that a fourth victim was sent a picture of his penis after he made contact with her through his job as an Asda delivery driver.
It took a jury about seven hours to find him guilty of eight charges.
They returned a not-proven verdict on the charge of rape.
**Physical violence** The jury was told Jeffrey’s violent behaviour took place between 2019 and 2023 in Buckie and Elgin.
Jeffrey denied that any of the attacks took place, suggesting his actions were to stop the woman from “clawing” him.
"I don’t think I did [hit her]," he told the jury.
"Sometimes it would get physical, but I did my best to restrain her.
"She would get wild sometimes." Under questioning, Jeffrey also denied sexually assaulting a woman while she slept.
**Teen girls and other woman targeted** He targeted three other females – two under the age of consent.
Between January 2014 and January 2018, he sexually assaulted a child.
Jeffrey claimed the act was a joke and nothing sexual occurred.
He was also found guilty of physically assaulting the girl.
Another girl, aged 15, was sent an explicit image of Jeffrey in the bath over Snapchat after they started talking in January last year.
Jeffrey also sent an image of his penis to another woman he contacted while working as a delivery driver.
Jeffrey stated he “could have“ sent the images but couldn’t recall.
He will be sentenced in October and is subject to the sex offenders’ notification requirement.
