Colin Yeats

Colin Yeats, 44, appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh where he was sentenced to two years in prison for the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. The offence occurred in Fraserburgh on 26 July 2025, approximately one month after Yeats had been released from prison on licence following a previous conviction for drug offences.

During sentencing, Lord Summers noted that Yeats had taken advantage of the victim's state of intoxication at the time of the assault. The court heard that the victim subsequently made distressed disclosures to family members regarding the incident. While the judge acknowledged this was Yeats' first episode of sexual offending, he described the defendant as a "menace to society" due to his extensive criminal history, which includes multiple convictions for drug offences, road traffic crimes, and breaches of court orders.

Yeats had originally faced a sentence of three years, but this was reduced to two years to reflect his guilty plea. In addition to the custodial sentence, the court placed Yeats on the sex offenders register.