AN AYR pensioner found guilty of historic sexual abuse charges against three victims, including an eight-year-old child, has been given more jail time.  

Robert McCurdie faced shouts of "burn in hell" as he returned to court from custody last week.

He was accused of breaching bail conditions and aggravated shouting and swearing at a woman, then later assaulting police officers at his address in Main Street, Ayr . 

The 68-year-old was previously found guilty by a jury of assaulting a woman in 1999 and the early 2000s by repeatedly groping her and by kissing her on the lips. 

He was also convicted of committing lewd acts towards an eight-year-old girl in Ayr on August 1, 1998 by climbing into her bed while she slept and sexually assaulting her. 

The jury also found McCurdie guilty of a third charge, of indecently assaulting a third female victim on January 1, 2010, also while she was asleep. 

When he returned to the dock last week [Thursday, October 17] he pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching bail conditions, having been ordered not to approach or contact a woman named in his previous case on July 7, 2024. 

He also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner shouting and swearing at her aggravated by prejudice.

He admitted assaulting two police officers while in the execution of their duties at his address in July 10, 2024 attempting to kick them on the body and to trip them over. 

When he returned court from custody, he was given a further 150 days in total, which will run at the end of his current two-year sentence.

During his earlier sentencing hearing, his defence solicitor said: "He returned to his home address following the conclusion of the trial and that evening there was a disturbance. He is now effectively in homeless accommodation.  

"The report is not surprising, given his evidence.  

"He had an unremarkable childhood; he attended and left school, worked most of his life, and then suffered a stroke, living alone that period financed on state benefits.  

"At present he walks with a stick, with a myriad of physical issues. He is aware of the options available to the court."  

Sheriff Desmond Leslie said: "The jury considered very carefully all the evidence, including your own, and made their own assessment. I note you maintain your denial of the offences of which you were convicted by the jury, however it is the jury's verdict that prevails.  

"These are serious matters you were convicted of. I don't intend to go over them in detail. You know what you were convicted of. A custodial sentence is inevitable."  

He was sentenced to two years in prison and added to the sex offenders register for 10. Shouts of "rot in hell" were heard from the public gallery as he was led downstairs to begin his sentence.