Convicted sex offenders have notified Scottish police of a change of name 521 times in the past three years. Under current laws, a new identity is allowed despite concern that some predators hide their pasts to strike again.
A freedom of Information request by the Scottish Conservatives found that there were 161 notifications in 2019-20, 162 in 2020-21 – and a record 198 in 2021-22. The party highlighted the case of Jason Graham who raped and murdered Esther Brown, 67, in Glasgow in May last year. He was said to be using the name Jason Evans after serving a prison sentence for raping a retired nurse in 2012.
Questions were raised this year about Scott Storey, 56 – later Scott Stewart – who killed his
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