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Kincardine Road, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7
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A SEX offender pensioner who once molested a horse has admitted sexually assaulting a teenager in a Perth McDonald's.
Creep William Nicoll was placed on the sex offenders register in 2013 after he was caught with his hand up a horse's backside.
The 75-year-old returned to Perth Sheriff Court last week and pled guilty to twice slapping a woman's bottom at McDonald's Dunkeld Road restaurant.
He admitted sexually assaulting the teenager by slapping her buttocks and touching her shoulder on May 23 this year.
As reported in The Courier, fiscal depute Andrew Harding told the court: "The accused went over to the complainer and said 'hello'.
"He continued to speak to her, before tapping her twice on her left shoulder.
"As the accused walked away, he slapped the complainer's bottom with an open palm.
"Of course, this was reported to the police," Mr Harding said.
Sheriff Euan Duthie deferred sentencing until July 13 for background reports.
The court is also is considering a non-harassment order to stop Nicoll contacting his victim.
Nicoll appeared in court nine years ago and admitted a sexually aggravated breach of the peace charge.
The court heard he was spotted by children repeatedly inserting his hand into a horse's rear end in a field near Crieff.
When confronted by foal's disgusted owner, he said: "I'm very lonely."
Prosecutor Carol Whyte told the court the horse's owner was "physically sickened" by the incident.
"He seemed so engrossed in what he was doing that he didn't see her and her children approach," she said.
Nicoll will be sentenced for the sexual assault on July 13.