FIFE CHARITY SHOP SEX OFFENDER PREYED ON SCHOOLBOY
A 73-year-old Dunfermline charity shop volunteer, who cornered a teenage schoolboy and demanded to know the size of his penis, has been sentenced.
William Fraser spoke about his own “tiny” penis and interrogated the shocked 14-year-old about his sex life.
Fraser, from Lauder Street, Dunfermline, had a previous sexual offence on his record when he was working at the shop.
However, a sheriff felt there was nothing sinister in Fraser’s actions and put it down to “stupidity”.
Fraser, a long-time volunteer with the Salvation Army, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court today (Wednesday)
He previously admitted that on 9th November last year at the Salvation Army shop, High Street, Dunfermline, he engaged a boy then aged 14 years in a sexualised conversation, asked him sexualised questions and enquired about his sexual history.
Depute fiscal Azrah Yousaf previously told the court that Fraser had worked as a volunteer for the Salvation Army for 16 years.
The boy had recently started volunteering at the shop and was doing a 2-5pm shift on the day of the incident.
Fraser had returned to the shop after collecting donations in a van and these were being unloaded.
The boy had asked to finish his shift early to go a fireworks display.
Fraser suddenly started making sexual remarks to the boy, asking about his penis size.
Fraser said his own penis was “tiny” and asked the question again to the boy, who just said he was leaving the shop to catch a bus.
However, Fraser continued asking the same question and the boy answered that he did not know what size it was as he had not measured it.
Fraser then said, “Oh, it’s quite big” and asked if the boy had “ever had a d*** up him”, said the depute.
The boy left the shop and a week later asked his aunt about what would constitute sexual harassment at work with their discussion leading to the police being contacted.
When interviewed by officers, Fraser said, “He told me he was gay. I asked what age he was and he said he was 14. I said he was far too young.
“I said, ‘There’s no way I’d have sex with you’.”
Asked why he thought that would be an acceptable conversation to have with the youngster, Fraser said it was because the boy said he was gay.
He also claimed he had asked about the size of the boy’s penis “to give him a confidence booster”.
The court was told that Fraser had an analogous previous conviction which had resulted in him being put on the sex offenders register.
Sheriff Krista Johnston said to Fraser, “I’m of the view that you acted out of stupidity rather than in a sinister way.”
She imposed a community payback order with two years of supervision and participation in the ‘Moving Forward to Change’ programme. Fraser was also put back on the sex offenders register for two years.
