Pervert got boys drunk to have sex

TWO mums wept in court as they heard how their young sons were plied with alcohol by a pervert so he could commit sex acts on them.

Joseph Johnstone, 67, initially gave the 15-year-olds tea and biscuits when they visited at an Edinburgh address but later gave them alcohol.

Fiscal depute Melanie Ward told Edinburgh Sheriff Court the accused supplied the boys with alcohol on an occasion in May last year and, when they were drunk, he showed them films of a pornographic nature before performing sex acts on one of them.

The court heard that about two days later the two boys returned and on this occasion, again after alcohol had been consumed, Johnstone took the other boy upstairs and performed sex acts on him.

During police interview, Johnstone said the youngsters had asked to watch porn and for him to perform the sex acts.

Johnstone, who was living in Edinburgh at the time of the offences but is now of Erskine Way, Shotts, admitted abusing the two boys.

Sentence was deferred until next month.