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A Shetland teenager has been found guilty of a catalogue of sexual abuse against children as young as seven.
The guilty verdict against 17-year-old Jamie Leask followed a week-long trial at the High Court in Aberdeen.
Leask, who cried as the verdict was read out, was remanded in custody and placed on the sex offenders' register.
The teenager, who committed the offences in Lerwick over an 18-month period, will be sentenced in Edinburgh next month.
His victims were forced to give evidence against him, some via video link, after he denied the charges.
The court heard how he had sex with two different nine-year-old boys on separate occasions and forced them to perform sex acts on him.
He also forced two young boys, aged seven and nine, to have sex and perform lewd acts on each other.
The abuse took place at Seafield Park in Lerwick between 5 July and 23 August last year - while he was bailed for earlier alleged sex attacks on young girls.
However, the charges of rape against the two girls, aged 13 and 14, near a bomb shelter at "The Knab", a coastal walk area in Lerwick, were dropped.
Leask was instead found guilty of having underage sex with the schoolgirls.
The jury heard how the teenager had sex with the 13-year-old girl on Valentine's Day then taunted her that she was carrying his baby.
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He later ordered the other girl, aged 14 - his friend's girlfriend - to strip before having sex with her in September that year, while his friend watched.
The court heard how Leask, a former supermarket check-out operator, committed the first two attacks while he was still at school.
Leask, who has been held in custody since November, had sentence deferred to Edinburgh High Court for background reports until 23 May.
Lord Turnbull told the jury: "The nature of this case, involving evidence from children, has made it a demanding and unpleasant one."