Bruce Rankin: Last News

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A PE teacher from Strathaven who preyed on vulnerable pupils has been jailed for 16 months.Bruce Rankin abused one girl who was being bullied and another who was suffering from depression.The victims came forward years later after hearing that their ex-teacher had been convicted of molesting other pupils.Rankin, 61, of Whiteshaw House, Whiteshawgate Highway, Strathaven, admitted charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour and indecent assault when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court last Friday.He was jailed for 18 months at the same court in 2017 for abusing three girls, including two pupils at the Lanarkshire school where he taught.But that

preyed on vulnerable pupils at the school where he taught.Bruce Rankin abused one girl who was being bullied and another who was suffering from depression.Rankin, 61, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire, admitted charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour and indecent assault when he appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court.He was jailed for 18 months in 2017 for abusing three girls, including two pupils at the Lanarkshire school where he taught.But that sentence was later quashed at the Appeal Court.He was instead put under supervision for three years and ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.Prosecutor Neil Thomson said the victims in the latest case went to the police after seeing reports of Rankin's 2017 conviction.Rankin abused them between 2007 and