ANDREW Miller, also known as Amy George, has admitted abducting a schoolgirl before sexually assaulting her at his home in the Scottish Borders.
Miller offered the girl a lift to his home in February of this year but the 53-year-old instead drove her to his own house, locked her in a bedroom and refused to let her leave.
He then subjected her to a series of sexual assaults over the course of a day and forced her to watch porn.
The court was told Miller is in the process of transitioning before he pled guilty to the charges at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The offences were committed at his home in the village of Gattonside near Melrose.
At the High Court, a narrative of Miller’s offences was read out which judge Lord Arthurson described as “abhorrent crimes” of the utmost “deviance and depravity” that were “the realisation of every parent’s worst nightmare”.
He and the victim were not known to each other. At the time of his arrest, Miller was wearing a bra, women's underwear, tights and one silicone breast – the other having become dislodged during a struggle.
After subjecting the child to 27 hours of sexual assault, Miller fell asleep in bed next to her. She tipped over a glass of water in an attempt to wake him, but he did not rouse.
Following this, the child turned on the bedroom light and Miller still did not wake.
She then attempted to escape from the property, but found the door was locked.
She found the landline phone and called police, saying she had been touched inappropriately, the court heard.
During interview, Miller told detectives he did not abduct the girl and that it was “all a mistake”, saying he stopped to offer her a lift because “she was freezing”.
He said he put her in his bed with him because “it was a motherly thing”, and admitted he should have called police.
He admitted he should “never have gotten into this situation” during the interview, which lasted six hours.
Following his arrest, three laptops were seized from his property and a total of 242 indecent images of children were found, most of which were of the lowest category.
His internet history was also accessed, showing his searches for indecent images.
Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf confirmed Miller is being held in a male prison.
He told Sky News: “This is a gut-wrenching case, heartbreaking. I cannot think of the trauma the victim, the family and the community are going through.
“I can confirm Andrew Miller is being held in a male prison.”
