David Exley 43

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A pervert who sexually abused two young boys was jailed today for one year.

David Exley, 43, preyed on the six and nine-year-olds at his home in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, between July 2022 and January 2023.

Construction worker Exley repeatedly removed one of the boys' underwear while he was asleep.

He also pulled down the underwear of both boys and intimately touched them.

Exley denied the allegations and claimed the six-year-old victim "rehearsed" his evidence to police officers.

However, first offender Exley was found guilty by Sheriff David Taylor at Glasgow Sheriff Court of two charges of sexual assault.

The sheriff said: "The similarities in time and place and the circumstances of the sexual assaults were such that each of the boys' evidence corroborated each other."

Sheriff Taylor put Exley on the sex offenders register for 10 years at today's sentencing.

Exley previously told the court in his evidence that there was one occasion when he did pull down one of the children's underwear.

Prosecutor Darren Harty asked why he did it and Exley replied: "It was just a bit of fun between me and the children."

One of the boys told the police officers in an interview that Exley removed his underwear while he was asleep.