BOY, 12, ATTACKED BY PERV GIVEN ICE CREAM LICENCE; Sex pest dragged boy to van.Byline: MAGGIE BARRY A CONVICTED sex pest allegedly conned his way into becoming an ice cream man and assaulted a boy, a court heard. George Ward, 33, grabbed the 12-yearold and tried to drag the terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. lad towards his van while on his round. Registered sex offender Ward, who has previous convictions for indecency INDECENCY. An act against good behaviour and a just delicacy. 2 Serg. & R. 91. 2. The law, in general, will repress indecency as being contrary to good morals, but, when the public good requires it, the mere indecency of disclosures does not suffice to exclude and stalking and was under a sex Asbo, allegedly gave council chiefs a false name to get a seller's licence. The victim's mum yesterday slammed West Lothian Council West Lothian Council is one of 32 local authorities in Scotland and has 32 elected members Councillors who are elected every 4 years. The Council makes its decisions at its meetings, or those of its Committees and Sub-Committees. for granting Ward a licence. She said: "I was shocked to think he had been given one. Not checking his identification is disgusting. He could have got my boy into the van and taken him away and done anything to him." At Livingston sheriff court, Ward, of Inverkeithing, admitted breaching a sexual offences prevention order and assaulting the boy in the town last March. The Crown accepted not guilty pleas over obtaining a licence by fraud and a claim he spied on a girl of 12. Sentence was deferred for six months for Ward to be of good behaviour. West Lothian Council said: "We have changed our procedures to help prevent incidents such as this occurring again." CAPTION(S): GUILTY Ward |
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