A CONVICTED paedophile duped a children's charity into backing his business.
Neale Hargreaves, 36, boss of an upmarket flooring firm, was out on bail for abusing a young girl when he approached Children 1st.
The Edinburgh-based charity agreed to a free advert promoting his firm in a glossy leaflet.
Last night, bosses at the organisation said they were sickened to hear of his past.
The paedophile, who runs Dunblane-based Hargreaves Reclaimed Flooring, was convicted of child abuse at Edinburgh High Court last June.
He was sentenced to three years in prison, plus an extended two years, after pleading guilty to several offences of lewd, indecent and libidinous practice or behaviour towards a child.
But the businessman from Grangemouth, who is married with two children, was granted leave of appeal and released on bail in November.
Mafe Marwick, of Children 1st, said: 'To have our name used to benefit someone guilty of abusing children is extremely offensive.'
This is a probabilistic continent or country-group signal from public name datasets. It is not proof of nationality, ethnicity or personal background.
Likely region signal
UK
Country
from United Kingdom
- based on first and surname
73.4%
confidence
First-name region
UK
United Kingdom
61.3%
Surname region
UK
United Kingdom
85.5%
Court Outcome
Conviction and Sentencing Details
Sentenced
Detected legal outcome
o runs Dunblane-based Hargreaves Reclaimed Flooring, was convicted of child abuse at Edinburgh High Court last June. He was sentenced to three years in prison, plus an extended two years, after pleading guilty to several offences of lewd...
Prison sentence
three years
He was sentenced to three years in prison, plus an extended two years, after pleading guilty to several offences of lewd, indecent and libidinous practice or behaviour towards a child
