A WEE COUNTY sex offender, who failed to engage with his community payback order, has been re-sentenced.

Former driving instructor Alistair MacCorquodale, of Queen Street, Alva, had been given a community payback order with three years of supervision, and was placed on the sex offenders' register for the same period.

However, the order was breached and, as a result, MacCorquodale appeared back in the dock at Alloa Sheriff Court.

The original offences took place between October 2016 and October 2017, involving three different students.

Two of them were assaulted while out on the roadways in Clacks, with MacCorquodale touching them with his hand on numerous occasions.

He also sent messages to another student, who was pregnant at the time, in which he offered her "fun for free lessons".

The 68-year-old denied the charges but was found guilty by a sheriff – the court has also heard since that his attitude towards the offending has been negative.

He appeared in court last March and was warned over his attitude towards this sentence, one which was imposed as an alternative to custody.

When he appeared earlier this year, Sheriff Craig Harris had warned him: "I'm concerned about what's in the report. There are questions about your attitude and some hostility towards people undertaking this work with you."

The sheriff pointed out that MacCorquodale was reported to be hostile to staff and had been questioning the work he has to do as part of his supervision programme.

He was then warned the order could be revoked and another sentence imposed, even at that late stage.

The sheriff continued: "Don't think it's a free run for the next three months. In the next report, I better see that you've done all the work required of you."

Sheriff Derek Reekie, who imposed the original sentence, returned to Alloa to deal with the case last week.

He revoked the community payback order, replaced it with a four-month restriction of liberty order and put MacCorquodale on the sex offenders' register for another five years.