August 2015 Businessman jailed for four years after repeatedly abusing primary school age girl Shamas Ali compelled the youngster to massage him and touch his legs before carrying out sex acts. A judge told Ali, 47, that he had been convicted of sexually abusing the child on numerous occasions over a period of nearly four years. Lady Wise said the conduct led to the “inevitable conclusion” that there was no alternative to a jail sentence. She told Ali: “I take into account almost 12 years have elapsed since this conduct ceased.” Ali, of Liggars Place, Dunfermline, who continued to deny the offence, was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. He had denied the indecency offence committed at houses in Dunfermline at an earlier trial but was found guilty by a majority verdict of a jury at the High Court in Edinburgh. Ali, who worked in a property management business, maintained during his trial that he had never abused the child or made her perform a sex act on him. But he was found guilty of carrying out abuse when the girl was aged between seven and 11. The victim, now aged 22, told the court that Ali had asked her during one incident to massage his feet and then to move further up his legs before performing a sex act.