Pervert who attacked young girl at holiday park was on bail for identical crime

dailyrecord.co.uk:

The family of a youngster who was sexually abused at a holiday park have told of their horror after learning her attacker was on bail for an identical crime at the time.Police were already hunting for Bryan Shields when he struck again.Shields, of Lanark, appeared at Airdrie Sheriff Court in April where he admitted molesting the five-year-old on four ­occasions over a three-day period in ­September last year.The abuse happened in a caravan at Southerness Holiday Park, near Dumfries, where the girl was staying with her gran.

Last week Shields, 45, was jailed for four-and-a-half years. The victim’s family members who watched him being sentenced said they were “outraged” he had been free to target the girl while due to stand trial for abusing the other youngster.In court, Shields also admitted sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl on three occasions at a house in Cumbernauld in June 2019.

He was on bail for an unrelated matter when he carried out the first sex assault.Despite that, he was again freed pending trial, but failed to turn up at court three times – in July 2021, February 2022 and August last year.

A warrant for his arrest was outstanding when he sexually assaulted the second victim.After Shields was jailed, a relative of the girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said: “It’s outrageous.