Wick man Peter Clegg jailed for molesting young girl in Orkney

A sexual predator from Wick who photographed and molested a young girl was jailed for five years on Thursday after subjecting the child victim to a catalogue of abuse.

Peter Clegg (71) preyed on the girl from when she was aged just six years old at places in Orkney.

A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: "You subjected her to a wide range of sexual assaults."

Lord Sandison told the first offender: "It is plain these offences cannot adequately be reflected other than by way of a custodial sentence."

Clegg, formerly of Macleod Road, Wick, had earlier stood trial at the High Court in Inverness last year where he was convicted of three offences.

He was found guilty of possessing and making indecent photos of a child at a location in Orkney between January 2019 and October 2020.

He was also convicted of sexually assaulting the girl between January 2019 and September the following year.

During the assaults Clegg indecently touched the child and perpetrated sex acts. He also made sexual remarks to her and took photos.

Lord Sandison told Clegg that he would be placed on the sex offenders' register for an indefinite period following his sentencing. Clegg followed the sentencing proceedings via a TV link to prison.