Sick paedophile sexually assaulted, tattooed and pierced the private parts of 14 young girls

David Renwick forced a girl to remove her upper clothing and pull her trousers and pants down while he pierced, tattooed and assaulted her

                         

A sick serial sex attacker assaulted, tattooed and pierced the private parts of 14 young girls at his home
Parents of the victims of paedophile David Renwick broke down in tears as the sheriff delivered her verdict and he was led away to the cells.

The 57-year-old has been jailed for four years and three months.
Renwick was convicted after a two-and-a-half week trial of 20 charges, which included sexually assaulting young girls under the age of 16 after grooming them over the internet, while tattooing and piercing their bodies.
Sentencing Renwick, Sheriff Petra Collins told him: “You were found guilty of sex offences against young girls using your unlicensed self-styled position as a tattooist, the purpose of which was for your own sexual gratification.
“You exposed yourself to three of those girls, sexually abused six of them and took and kept photographs of four of them.
“These charges are so serious that I can only impose a custodial sentence.


“To ensure that teenage girls are protected from you, you will be on licence for two years upon your eventual release. You will go to prison for four years and three months.”

The horrific attacks took place between February 2012 and June 2014, reports the Daily Record.
The jury at Airdrie Sheriff Court found Renwick unanimously guilty of nine of the crimes and by majority of the other 11, two after deletions were made.
His vile assaults began when he engaged in sexual activity with a girl, then aged 14, while tattooing her.
The court heard that between April 2012 and December 2013, he sent messages on Facebook to a 16-year-old girl asking her to allow him to tattoo her on her private parts and then exposed himself to the same girl and her 16-year-old female friend at his home.
He sexually assaulted another female while tattooing her on various occasions, while making sexual comments to her. He also exposed himself to the same girl.
The jury heard he sent Facebook messages to four other girls asking them to allow them to tattoo them on their private parts.
He sexually attacked another teen at his home while tattooing her.
His attentions then turned towards another girl when, again through Facebook, he asked to tattoo her and for her to model for him.
This happened on various occasions. He also asked the same girl to kiss him and if he could pierce her private parts.
The girl said he sent her a message on Facebook saying he was lying in bed and asked her to come and join him.
In March 2014 he sexually attacked another girl at his Coatbridge home and then assaulted a 15-year-old girl on two occasions between May and June that year while tattooing her.


He also messaged the same girl and sent her pictures of females with tattoos on their private areas and made a variety of sexual comments.
Another 15-year-old told how Renwick made sexual comments to her and told her that he had a tattoo on his private parts and offered to show her it.
He then engaged in sexual activity with the same girl while tattooing her.
Renwick was also found guilty of taking or permitting to be taken indecent photographs of children at his home.
Defence counsel Frank Gallagher told the court: “He continues to deny the offences but accepts he was found guilty regardless of his own personal position.”
Renwick’s denial of the offences forced all of his young victims to recall their horrific experiences and give evidence in court, either behind screens or in private with a supporter from witness services sitting nearby them.
Sheriff Collins backdated the jail sentence to December 1, 2015, and placed Renwick on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
He was acquitted of five other charges by not proven verdicts and found not guilty of another eight.