Transgender butcher jailed for abducting and sexually abusing schoolgirl in 27 hour ordeal
Andrew Miller abducted and sexually abused a young girl as she walked home
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A transgender paedophile who abducted a young girl as she walked home and sexually abused her for 27 hours has been jailed for 20 years.
Andrew Miller, 53, who also uses the name Amy George, was dressed as a woman when he offered the primary school-aged child a lift in February, in the Scottish Borders.
Miller took the girl back to his house and subjected her to repeated attacks, which a judge described as “every parent’s worst nightmare”.
Miller had previously pleaded guilty to charges of abduction, sexual assault, watching pornography in the presence of the child under the age of 13 and possessing 242 indecent images of children.
Andrew Miller being led from Selkirk Sheriff Court following an earlier hearing
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Sentencing Miller at the High Court in Edinburgh, Judge Lord Arthurson said: “The narrative was frankly nauseating in terms of its depravity and criminal sexual deviancy. On your arrest you denied the abduction and preposterously said you had acted in a motherly way. Abduction of young children for the purposes of sexual torment is a mercifully rare crime in this jurisdiction.”
Lord Arthurson described Miller’s crimes as “brazen and chilling” and “uniquely appalling”.
The child was locked in Miller’s home for 27 hours, during which time she was sexually assaulted and also forced to watch pornography.
The court was told Miller is transitioning into a woman.
A prison van carrying Andrew Miller leaves the High Court in Edinburgh after he was jailed for 20 years
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He has been held in a men’s prison following a row over the jailing of transgender rapist Isla Bryson who was sent to a female prison in February.
Miller, who had run a butcher’s shop, claimed he offered the girl a lift “because she was freezing”, and claimed forcing her to sleep in the bed with him “was a motherly thing”.
After his arrest, three laptops were seized from his property and a total of 242 indecent images of children were found.
He was sentenced to a 28-year extended sentence, with 20 years to be spent behind bars and a further eight spent on licence under supervision in the community.
He was also placed on the sex offenders register.
Detective Chief Inspector Bryan Burns said: “Our thoughts today are with the victim and her family who have shown incredible courage and strength throughout this ordeal.
"This was a significant investigation and I would like to thank all those involved for their professionalism and commitment during what was an extremely challenging inquiry.
"Andrew Miller has pleaded guilty to serious offending and will now face the consequences of his actions.”