Shamed ex-SNP North Lanarkshire councillor jailed for six years for grooming and abusing teenage boys
A shamed former SNP councillor who groomed and abused a string of teenage boys has been jailed for six years.
But, he was found guilty of a total of nine charges spanning between December 2010 and May 2020. The crimes included the attempted rape as well as sex offences against five other male victims. The judge said: "This was a systematic and deliberate course of conduct. You spent time with teenage boys, tried to engage them in sexually charged conversations and took advantage of opportunities to assault them.Some of the victims and their relatives were at court for the hearing today. There were cries of "justice" and "yes" as Kerr was sentenced.
Referring to lurid accounts of gay sex, he stated to the youngster: "Don't knock it until you have tried it."The court heard Kerr joined two boys on a camping trip pitching a tent near the Boathouse restaurant in Croy.However, he did sexually assault the rape accuser in 2014 in Croy while he was asleep.
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