A church elder found guilty of sexually assaulting a teenager and three women claimed that he was putting his hands out "for balance" due to his poor eyesight.
Colin Hope has been placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register following a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court that heard one victim was so traumatised she had an anxiety attack while another was physically sick.
The 81-year-old grandfather was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a rail journey – by putting his hand up her skirt, between Johnstone and Glasgow Central in December 2016, reports the Daily Record.
