Former youth worker jailed for second time over child abuse

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Former youth worker jailed for second time over child abuse
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Stewart Burgess preyed on a teenager at Redheugh home in North Ayrshire in the 1980s.

Stewart Burgess worked as a senior house parent at what was the Redheugh Adolescent Home

Stewart Burgess preyed on a teenage boy at what was then the Redheugh Adolescent Home in Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, between 1984 and 1985.Judge Scott Pattison jailed Burgess for three-and-a-half years at the High Court in Glasgow.Burgess had previously been sentenced in 2008 to 10 years - reduced on appeal to seven-and-a-half years - for abusing two youngsters at the Salvation Army-run home in the 1980s.

The court heard how the former pupil had "felt unable" at the time of the previous trial to speak to the authorities.His lawyer Allan MacLeod told the court: "It will come as no surprise that he maintains his position to the charge."

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