Burns scholar unmasked as convicted paedophile is jailed for historical abuse
So I did."Image caption, Marc Sherland became known in poetry circles and read his own work on a special Commonwealth Games edition of 'The One Show' in 2014Peter said: "I didn't realise at the time that he was still alive. So it was kind of a shot in the dark I suppose."He said his reason for speaking out was because he believes other young boys were abused by the man he knew as Hammond. He urged them to come forward."He is a deceitful man," Peter said.
- ▪So I did."Image caption, Marc Sherland became known in poetry circles and read his own work on a special Commonwealth Games edition of 'The One Show' in 2014Peter said: "I didn't realise at the time that he was still alive.
- ▪So it was kind of a shot in the dark I suppose."He said his reason for speaking out was because he believes other young boys were abused by the man he knew as Hammond.
- ▪He urged them to come forward."He is a deceitful man," Peter said.
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Burns scholar unmasked as convicted paedophile is jailed for historical abuseImage caption, Marc Sherland - formerly known as Douglas Stuart Hammond - became president of the Robert Burns World Federation before he was exposed as a convicted sex offenderByChris ClementsScotland social affairs correspondentPublished14 minutes agoA convicted paedophile who changed his name and became president of the Robert Burns World Federation has been jailed for five years after more victims of his historical abuse came forward.Marc Sherland, now 70, was found guilty in May of indecently assaulting three teenage boys at his Paisley home between 1988 and 1990.He was originally convicted in 1991 of abusing two boys aged eight and 10 when he worked as a council youth worker in Paisley.Following his earlier…
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