Paisley man targeted by paedophile when he was a teenager says it has "left an indelible mark"
dailyrecord.co.ukA man targeted by football paedophile Hugh Stevenson has told how his ordeal at the predator’s hands still haunts him.Stuart McMillan, of Paisley, was targeted by twisted SFA official Stevenson as a 17-year-old and admits it left an “indelible mark”.He says he is still haunted by his ordeal and questions whether he “gave out signals” which led to him being targeted.Former prison officer Stuart was abused by Stevenson - who serially raped victim Pete Haynes between the ages of 12 and 16 - in his car on the way home. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.
Sign up to our newsletters here. It is the same method he used to target 56-year-old Pete, whose abuse began in Stevenson’s car on the way home after he attended a showpiece Scottish Cup game at Hampden.The rogue football official, who was on the SFA’s books as an assistant referee between the 1960s and the 1980s, used his links to football’s top flight to line up young victims.Stuart is the only other victim of Stevenson, who died in 2004 aged 66, to have come forward but the pair fear there are many more.He told the Express: “I always wonder if it has affected my life.
I’m single, I’m on my own. I was married once, engaged a couple of times but it never developed into anything.“Stuart, now 60, was put in touch with a specialist Glasgow law firm four years ago, where he was assessed by specialist clinical psychologist.He said: “We sat in their office for two hours and I told him things I haven’t told anybody.“The guy’s report basically said it could have
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