Six years for sexually assaulting teen

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

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.