Islander registered as sex offender

A man who sexually assaulted two women has been registered as a sex offender.

Roderick Morrison of 29 Scalpay, Harris, was sentenced over two charges at Stornoway Sheriff Court today.

The 69-year-old accepted he touched a woman’s private parts through her clothing while on a public bus service on two consecutive days in June this year.

He also admitted pushing another female backwards and pressing his body against hers in August.

5 December 2014

Sheriff David Sutherland placed Morrison on supervision for the next three years.

He will be registered as a sex offender over that period.

He instructed him to pay £1,000 compensation, split between his two victims.

In addition, Morrison has been banned from drinking alcohol until 2017.