SCOTLAND
EDINBURGH
The Daily Record, 28 July 1995
Man denies attack
A former care worker yesterday denied sex attacks on young girls.
John Wood, 48, preyed on two girls who had already been victims of abuse in the past, it was claimed.
The girls involved in the charges were 12 and 13 at the time of the alleged offences.
But at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday, Wood, who previously worked in a childrens’ home, told a jury: “I never touched those lassies.” He denies two charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour.
The girls, now 13 and 14, rejected suggestions from Wood’s advocate, Joyce Powrie, that they were telling “a pack of lies”.
Wood, of 12/6 Wester Hailes Park, Edinburgh, and his wife Morag, have three children.
He told the jury they had been foster parents for five to six years and had cared for 75-80 children.
The trial continues.
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