Gordon Barkham from the Borders is sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for the offences.
A former PE teacher from the Borders who sexually abused teenage boys has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
Gordon Barkham, 78, repeatedly offered one of his victims money to allow him to perform a sexual act on him.At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Armstrong told Barkham that a custodial sentence was the only appropriate disposal. The former teacher, of Melrose, admitted directing sexual communications to the teenager and repeatedly offering him money for sexual acts at a cricket club between February and May in 2014.One of them was also subjected to sexual abuse by him at a secondary school."I have read victim impact statements from the other two victims which described the devastating effects your conduct has had and continues to have on their development, physical and emotional health and relationships.
Jennifer Bain KC, defending, told the court Barkham accepted his behaviour was an "abuse of his authority"."Mr Barkham knows his behaviour caused harm and regrets the distress he has caused." Barkham was put on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period of time as well as the prison sentence.
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