Jail term for indecency pensioner
A 70-year-old man has been jailed for four years after admitting indecent behaviour towards three girls in Moray.
Raymond Grant told one of the young girls he "needed to take a girl's virginity again before he died", the High Court in Edinburgh heard.
The girl, aged between 12 and 16, refused and ran away.
This is what happens when you have a social construct like virginity and attach the concept of saving it or losing it from the women's side and taking it from the men's: sexual abuse. This is only labelled indecency because he didn't succeed in his intentions.
Shahid Latif, defending, said his client was "genuinely remorseful for these actions".
"This conviction will hang round his neck for the rest of his life," he said.
"At the age of 70 he is likely to spend the rest of his days ostracised by his family."
Translation: my client is genuinely remorseful for the fact that he got caught. Let's not question how his actions will affect the three girls for the rest of their lives, although we're told that the girl who ran away has begun to self-harm, take antidepressants and suffer from an eating disorder, problems that take a lot of time and effort to overcome, if she ever does. But hey, you've got to feel bad for a guy whose family won't talk to him anymore because he attempted to sexually abuse teenaged girls...
Oh, wait. No you don't.
