Man raped girl on family holiday

The court heard Harbor abused the youngsters on family holidays

A man has been jailed after he admitted raping an 11-year-old girl while on a family holiday in Spain.

Graham Harbor, 51, from Linwood, Paisley, also admitted molesting a young boy on a trip to Australia.

The High Court in Glasgow heard details of a catalogue of abuse carried out by Harbor, against the two youngsters, over a 12-year period.

He was denied bail due to the seriousness of the offences and sentence was deferred until next month.

The court heard that both victims regularly visited or stayed overnight at Harbor's then home in Mainshill Gardens, Erskine.

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He began abusing the girl in January 1997 - when she was just six-years-old - by indecently assaulting her.

In August 2002, Harbor and his family were on holiday in Alicante in Spain with the girl and her family.

It was there that he raped her, although the court heard the girl did not understand what was going on.

A year later, the girl went on a bicycle run with Harbor.

He took her to a house that he was renovating in Portressie, Erskine and had sex with her.

The court heard that she later sent him a text message which read: "I don't want to do this any more."

The victim did not tell her mother until August last year and the allegations were reported to police.

Drugs overdose

Harbor, then a logistics co-ordinator with Hewlett Packard in Bishopton, initially admitted to some of the abuse, but claimed on one occasion it had been at the girl's "suggestion".

He later took a drugs overdose and was admitted to hospital.

It then emerged that Harbor had also been abusing a boy between May 1995 and June 2001, starting when the child was also six.

The court heard Harbor attacked the boy when he joined the youngster's family on holiday to Australia.

The accused tried to buy the youngster's silence by giving him presents, such as football tops.

The boy told police last year what had gone on.

The court was told Harbor later wrote his victim a letter expressing regret, but did not say what he had done.

Harbor has been placed on the sex offenders register.