The death in prison of a former RAF serviceman jailed for sexually abusing six young girls is to be investigated by a sheriff.
Twisted Gordon Pinkerton, of Aberdeen, was caged for 15 years in 2013 for preying on schoolchildren across Scotland and raping two youngsters when they were just six years old.
The beast was a prisoner at HMP Dumfries and was said to have contracted suspected Covid-19 before his death at the age of 76, in April 2020.
The Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) preliminary hearing will take place on December 9 Dumfries Sheriff Court. Pinkerton was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow for the abuse, which began in 1963 and continued until 2011.
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