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Tim Bugler

Scots sex offender who walked into social work office armed with knives facing jail

A convicted sex offender subject to a public protection order who walked into a social work office armed with two knives and a pair of scissors is facing jail.

Barry Buchanan, 47, was being supervised by staff at the Brockville social work office in Falkirk following an incident where he offered a group of schoolgirls £250 to give him oral sex and threatened to slit a child's throat.

Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that about 9.00am on March 1st this year, he was met at the door of the social work office by his supervisor, and she let him into the premises, where a number of other social workers were also present.

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