A convicted sex offender from Fife has been jailed again for abusing three children.
William King preyed on two girls and boy in Edinburgh and Dalgety Bay in Fife between 1982 and 2000.
The 57 year-old – who was formerly in the Royal Navy – was sentenced to six years behind bars at the High Court in Glasgow.
He was convicted of a total of three charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour towards the youngsters.
King, from Dunfermline, had previously been locked up for five years in 2016 in a high profile abuse case in which a survivor waived her right to anonymity to speak publicly of her ordeal.
Continues to deny guilt
On Monday, judge Alison Stirling remarked how the paedophile continues to deny his guilt for the latest crimes.
She said the victim impact statement from one of the girls King abused was “particularly poignant”.
The judge told King: “She had not told anyone until police visited her in 2020.
“She said how the approach from the police ‘took the wind out of her sails’.”
This girl had also described “significant psychological suffering”.
King was put on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.
He had been found guilty following a trial in Stirling last month.
He attacked one girl on various occasions between 1982 and 1986 in Edinburgh.
He began assaulting another when she was just seven years old.
The jury at the High Court in Stirling heard he threatened the young boy while he sexually assaulted him at an address in Fife.
Previous crimes
Then a sales rep, King made headlines six years ago when he was jailed for five years for the sexual abuse of young girls.
Judge Lady Wolffe told him she had to mark “society’s abhorrence” at such sexual abuse committed over a number of years towards girls who were vulnerable because of their age.
Dana Fowley was one of his victims and she later went on to write a book about what happened called ‘How could she?‘.
She detailed abuse she had suffered as a child at the hands of King’s late father, Billy senior, his grandparents, her mother and other accomplices.
Her mother Caroline Dunsmore was sentenced to 12 years in 2007 in a separate case for her role in the abuse.
Praise for abuse survivors
Procurator Fiscal for High Court Sexual Offences Fraser Gibson said on Monday: “William King’s victims demonstrated great bravery and composure throughout the prosecution process and I hope the sentence imposed today provides some resolution for them.
“He was brought to justice thanks to a thorough and complex investigation by police and our expert prosecutors.
“The Crown is committed to the fair and effective prosecution of sexual offences, whenever the crimes occurred, and I would encourage anyone who has been the victim of similar offending to come forward and seek support.”
