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Scots paedo who abandoned 13-year-old to die on bus may never be released from jail

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A convicted paedophile who failed to get medical attention for a runaway teenager who later died has been made subject to a lifelong restriction order.The indeterminate sentence means Derek McNeill may never qualify for release from prison unless he can satisfy the parole board he no longer presents a danger to the public..

A jury heard how the 52-year-old sex offender abandoned 13-year-old Blake Ross on a bus as the youngster became increasingly ill from type 1 diabetes.

He had not told anyone Blake was in his Edinburgh flat while police and members of his family searched for the teenager, who was in the care of a council-run close support unit.

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