Kelso child sex offender jailed for 15 months
Raymond Hay has been jailed for 15 months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court for historic sex crimes against the girls.
The 55-year-old, of Roxburgh Street in Kelso, had denied engaging in lewd, indecent and libidinous practices on one occasion at a house in Greenlaw with a girl aged between seven and 11.
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Hide AdHe was also accused of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices with a second girl on various occasions when she was aged between four and nine.
Following a three-day trial, Hay was found guilty by a jury, however.
He was jailed for 10 months on one charge and another five months for the other.
Sheriff Peter Paterson also put Hay’s name on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.