Scots paedophile with fake ambulance caught three times offering first aid at family events

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A paedophile has been convicted for the third time of turning up in a fake ambulance to offer first aid at family sports events.Convicted sex offender Wayne Pearson was given a deferred sentence for the latest incident because he claimed he didn’t know children were going to be there.The 67-year-old, who runs a first aid company and dresses like a paramedic, is banned from working with under-18s after being caught with a cache of downloaded child abuse images.He ended up in court last week after being caught working at an orienteering race in Perthshire where competitors as young as 10 were taking part.Despite that, the brazen sex offender continues to drive old ambulances and even drove to his trial at Selkirk Sheriff Court in a paramedic car.Pearson runs Coast Ambulance And Medical, which offers first aid training and cover at community events to unsuspecting customers who are unaware of his seedy past.Pearson, a former policeman in his native New Zealand, set up the private service 10 years ago.A former friend said: “He drives about in these ambulances and can sometimes be seen parked up, drinking tea, like he’s a paramedic having a break.“What would happen if someone took unwell and flagged him down?

They’d have no idea he wasn’t the real thing. This man is a danger but keeps finding ways and loopholes to get access to work with children.”Pearson was put on the sex offenders’ register and banned from working with children under 18 after he downloaded sick child abuse images at his Edinburgh home in 2016.He has a previous conviction for breaching the terms of his registration in 2020 by turning up at primary school events in Edinburgh and also at a children’s cycling event in Perthshire, for which he was fined £500.Bu