A man has admitted abducting a primary schoolgirl from a street in the Scottish Borders, locking her in a bedroom and subjecting her to a series of sexual assaults over the course of a day.
Andrew Miller, 53, who is also known as Amy George and was dressed as a woman at the time of the offences – pleaded guilty to charges of abduction, sexual assault of a child and possession of indecent images of children at the high court in Edinburgh on Thursday morning.
The court heard that Miller, who owned a butcher shop, is in the process of transitioning to female but confirmed before his interview with the police that he wished to be addressed as Andrew Miller using “he” pronouns.
Miller offered to give the girl a lift home in February of this year. She considered him to be non-threatening because he was dressed as a woman and accepted his offer.
Instead he took her to his home in the village of Gattonside near Melrose, where he kept her confined in his bedroom and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.
The child eventually managed to escape the bedroom and dial 999 after Miller fell asleep. The judge described the crimes as “abhorrent”.
Miller will be sentenced in August.
