A brave woman has hit out at the “disgusting” sentence handout out to the depraved Edinburgh sex beast, William King.
The woman was subjected to horrific abuse by the pervert when she was a child and was horrified to learn that he was only sentenced to six years this week, for historic offences.
The Daily Record reports that the woman, who was targeted for years, said the sentence is a “slap in the face for everyone who has waited years” for justice.
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King preyed on two girls and a boy in Edinburgh and Dalgety Bay in Fife between 1982 and 2000.
The 57-year-old, who was formerly in the Royal Navy, was sentenced to six years at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday.
The victim, who we are not identifying, said: “Some have waited 40 years for this day and although the police did an amazing job along with the PF staff we feel slapped in the teeth and insulted by this very unjust sentence for an already convicted sex offender.
“I’m confused that the judge can give him such an easy sentence after he was found guilty.”
Beast King had earlier been convicted of a total of three charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards the youngsters.
He had previously been jailed for five years in 2016 in a high profile abuse case, in which a victim waived her right to anonymity to speak publicly of her ordeal.
The woman added: “He is a predator who didn’t “groom” his chosen children, he just took what he wanted from us.
“Some of us for years and some once but once is one time too many for an adult to take such a liberty of taking a child’s innocence.
“He didn’t care about the level of sexual abuse he inflicted on us all nor did he care how these actions would affect us into adulthood.
“He was methodical in all his actions and then he give rewards and gestures for complicity. It is disgusting.
“What kind of justice system allows a predator to appeal their sentence but not the victim? This is wrong.”
Judge Alison Stirling told the court on Monday victim impact statement from one of the girls King abused was “particularly poignant”.
This victim had also described “significant psychological suffering”.
King was also put on the sex offenders list indefinitely.
He had been found guilty following an earlier trial in Stirling.
Procurator Fiscal for High Court Sexual Offences Fraser Gibson said: “William King’s victims demonstrated great bravery and composure throughout the prosecution process and I hope the sentence imposed today provides some resolution for them.
“He was brought to justice thanks to a thorough and complex investigation by police and our expert prosecutors.
“The Crown is committed to the fair and effective prosecution of sexual offences, whenever the crimes occurred, and I would encourage anyone who has been the victim of similar offending to come forward and seek support.”
King initially made headlines six years ago when he was jailed for the sexual abuse of young girls.
Dana Fowley was one of the victims and she later went on to write a book called ‘How could she?’ about what happened.
Her mother Caroline Dunsmore was sentenced to 12 years in 2007 in a separate case for her role in the abuse.
