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PA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nA man who sexually abused a woman almost 60 years ago has been jailed.<\/p>\n David Corrigan attacked three victims in Paisley, Renfrewshire, over a near 40-year period between 1966 and 2005.<\/p>\n The 71-year-old admitted three charges of lewd and libidinous behaviour at an earlier hearing.<\/p>\n He was sentenced to seven years and two months at the High Court in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Corrigan targeted his first victim at a house party in 1966 when he exposed himself to the girl, who was in a bedroom with another girl, before running off when she screamed.<\/p>\n Prosecutor Eric Robertson said Corrigan’s behaviour later “escalated” to include him “inappropriately touching” her after grabbing her by the arms and throwing her across a room.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n She told the court Corrigan would “get annoyed” if she did not obey him during the four-year period of abuse.<\/p>\n Mr Robertson said Corrigan was once caught abusing the girl by his own father, who dragged his son away from her.<\/p>\n A second victim said she suffered a similar ordeal, adding Corrigan would also repeatedly show her pornographic magazines.<\/p>\n His third victim said she was “groped” by Corrigan on the chest more than 10 years after he had previously targeted her while she slept next to her mother.<\/p>\n The court heard that incident had caused “flashbacks” to what had happened when she was younger and she reported them to police in November 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Corrigan initially told police the first two victims had “asked him” to expose himself.<\/p>\n However, he said the third victim “would not lie” so her allegations “must be true” despite not recalling the incident himself.<\/p>\n Sentencing, Lord Doherty told Corrigan his behaviour had affected his victim’s wellbeing and “their ability to make the most of life opportunities presented to them”.<\/p>\n Corrigan was also placed on the sex offenders register for life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n