Paedo pensioner jailed for sex attacks on young girls on Isle of Mull
dailyrecord.co.ukA pensioner who led a charity set up to transform a famous Scottish island has been jailed for sex attacks on two young girls.
Christopher Baker served as the director and secretary of the Mull and Iona Community Trust between 1998 and 2019. But he was jailed at Dumbarton Sheriff Court yesterday for “abusing a position of trust, responsibility and power” to “physically, sexually, mentally and emotionally” abuse two youngsters between 1986 and 1996.The 77-year-old was jailed for two years and placed him on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years, after being convicted following a jury trial in September.
Sheriff Maxwell Hendry told Baker his victims “were terrified of you and of what might happen next.”He added: “This was traumatic, life changing and there’s possible lifelong consequences.” He said the jail term would “reflect society’s displeasure and disgust” at his crimes, and jailed him for two yearsBaker, who moved to Mull from the south of England in 1972, began to abuse the first girl when she was just two, and the second from the age of four.
The abuse lasted for a decade, stopping when the younger girl reached the age of 12.Baker denied he had done anything wrong, forcing the girls, who are now adults, to give evidence against him.
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