A scout leader who sexually assaulted three teenage girls at summer camps and in a church hall has escaped a jail sentence.
Daniel Hooton, 31, preyed on the youngsters by groping their thighs while sitting round a fire at scout camps in East Lothian and Yorkshire. Hooton led one “terrified” victim to a secluded area of the camp and told her he loved her “more than is appropriate”.
The creepy Scout leader also lured a 15-year-old girl to an empty room at an Edinburgh church where he pinned her against a wall and kissed her on the neck. Hooton denied the allegations against him but was found guilty of all three sexual assaults following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last year.
