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Continued on his offending in Scotland because we discovered that in 2024 he was convicted of child sexual abuse in Scotland.
At the age of 69 he died.
had committed these crimes.
So he died just a couple of years ago at the age of 73 awaiting sentence for those child sex assault charges.
Wow.
Died a convicted pedophile.
He also died a suspect in Tracy's murder and we've โ
my colleague Sophie Ellsworth, who's our Europe correspondent for News Corp, went over to Scotland in this small coastal community where he was last living before he was jailed.
And she spoke to one of his neighbours and a former friend of his, and she gave a
Yeah, a shocking insight into his life and all of the lies that he used to tell and she used to just put it down to that he was a bullshitter.
She didn't think that he was telling the truth.
I think by that stage he'd had a lot of health issues and he was known to, he still loved his motorbikes and whatnot, but I think by that stage he'd sort of moved on with his life and had a lot of health issues and was living a quiet life.
It's still clearly offending because this young teenager had become a victim of his and...
this victim was brave enough to go to police and report him and it took less than 40 minutes for a jury of 15 to convict him of the offences and he was awaiting his sentence when he died in jail.
But for Sharon, Tracey's sister, she's going, well, what did he tell people over there?
Did he boast about Tracey's murder over there?
His former friend said, I do remember him talking about Tracy.
Really?
Yes.
And she said, and then he would just sort of close up afterwards.