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09-28-2003, 07:21 PM
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A man who tortured one boy with live electrical cables and carried out a series of attacks on another has been jailed for three years.
David Sheriffs, 41, of Alyth, Perthshire, was found guilty of assaulting two young boys at a three-day trial at the High Court in Perth earlier this month.
He had been accused of using electrical wires to assault one boy, aged four at the time, as well as repeatedly striking him with a leather belt and kicking him between June 1999 and August 2001.
He was also found guilty of physically assaulting an older boy, now aged 16, over a four-year period.
You did carry out a series of assaults which amounted to the systematic abuse of children
Lord Carloway
Sentencing Sheriffs, who sat in the dock with his head bowed at the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Carloway said: "Apart from this offence you are a law-abiding citizen.
"You did carry out a series of assaults which amounted to the systematic abuse of children.
"This must have a lasting effect on the boys."
He said that the court had a duty to protect children and sentenced Sheriffs to three years.
Bare wires
The court had heard that on one occasion Sheriffs carried out the attack with the bared wires of an electric extensions cable because the boys had been touching a video.
He left the four-year-old boy blistered after plugging the cable into the mains and sticking the bare wires to his feet.
The boy, now 10 years old, had told the jury: "He put bare wires on my bare feet. It was switched on. I was greeting. I didn't like it one bit. He thought it was funny."
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A man who tortured one boy with live electrical cables and carried out a series of attacks on another has been jailed for three years.
David Sheriffs, 41, of Alyth, Perthshire, was found guilty of assaulting two young boys at a three-day trial at the High Court in Perth earlier this month.
He had been accused of using electrical wires to assault one boy, aged four at the time, as well as repeatedly striking him with a leather belt and kicking him between June 1999 and August 2001.
He was also found guilty of physically assaulting an older boy, now aged 16, over a four-year period.
You did carry out a series of assaults which amounted to the systematic abuse of children
Lord Carloway
Sentencing Sheriffs, who sat in the dock with his head bowed at the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Carloway said: "Apart from this offence you are a law-abiding citizen.
"You did carry out a series of assaults which amounted to the systematic abuse of children.
"This must have a lasting effect on the boys."
He said that the court had a duty to protect children and sentenced Sheriffs to three years.
Bare wires
The court had heard that on one occasion Sheriffs carried out the attack with the bared wires of an electric extensions cable because the boys had been touching a video.
He left the four-year-old boy blistered after plugging the cable into the mains and sticking the bare wires to his feet.
The boy, now 10 years old, had told the jury: "He put bare wires on my bare feet. It was switched on. I was greeting. I didn't like it one bit. He thought it was funny."
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