SNS GroupA man who sexually abused an eight-year-old girl while they played on an Xbox has been jailed for two years and eight months.
John McCann, 51, repeatedly preyed on his victim at various properties in Glasgow’s Springburn and Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire.
McCann initially began abusing the girl from the age of five.
McCann pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour on the girl.
McCann, of the city’s Drumchapel, also admitted sexually assaulting the girl.
The charges span between June 2009 and June 2012.
Sheriff Iain Fleming said: “For a period of three years you abused this child and I take a serious view of this.
“I have no option due to the gravity of these matters but to impose a significant custodial sentence.”
McCann was also put on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period.
The court heard McCann first struck when he was alone with the girl who was five years old at the time in 2009.
When the girl was eight, he abused her while playing Xbox with the youngster.
The girl later told adults what had happened to her and McCann was quizzed but he said he had “nothing to hide.”
McCann told a social worker that he had sexually abused the girl which resulted in police involvement.
Linda Findlay, defending, told the sentencing: “He tells me that his conduct has been eating away at him for many years.
“He says he made the disclosure with the expectation that he would be punished for the behaviour.”
Follow STV News on WhatsApp
Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
