Six years for sexually assaulting teen

A New Stevenson man has been sent to prison for six years for sexually assaulting a teenage boy.
James Frame was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff CourtJames Frame was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court
James Frame was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court

James Frame, of Stevenson Street, was found guilty following a trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court and returned to the court on Monday for sentencing.

The 32-year-old was convicted of assaulting the boy, who was 14 at the time of the first attack, over a 12 month period between February 2014 and February 2015, at his home and addresses in New Stevenson and Holytown.

Frame was also placed on the sex offenders’ register.