Scots thug who assaulted pregnant wife lands top job in US guarding prisoners
dailyrecord.co.ukA convicted domestic abuser who assaulted his pregnant wife has landed a job as a deputy sheriff in the US.Andrew Parr, from Hawick, Roxburghshire, managed to secure the $30,000-a-year job as a jail guard despite two domestic abuse convictions in Scotland.
Parr, who battered his wife with a shoe and poured beer over her, was appointed as a jailer in Bremer County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa, in April.The law enforcement job came despite his conviction for domestic abuse in 2013 and a second conviction in 2017 for threatening behaviour towards a partner.
It’s understood Bremer County Sheriff Dan Pickett has now been notified about 36-year-old Parr’s criminal past.A former partner of Parr told of her shock at finding out that the convicted domestic abuser had landed a role that puts him in charge of prisoners.
She told the Daily Record she had been impressed by stories of Parr’s military service when they got together last year.But she claims he later fled to the US to hook up with another woman while owing her thousands of pounds.
Read more on dailyrecord.co.uk
