Former soldier Richard Finlayson, 21, and his younger sister Kirsty, 18, were caught in the act twice by security cameras at Motherwell station, outside Glasgow in Scotland, on June 27 last year.

They had previously both pleaded guilty to committing incest and during sentencing at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday, the brother received a two-year probation order while the sister received a one-year probation order.

Richard Finlayson was also put on the sex offenders register because his sister was only 17 — a minor — at the time.

Kirsty Finlayson, who wore a bright purple tracksuit in court, will now receive mental health and substance abuse counselling, the court heard.

She had been living in a homeless hostel at the time and said she went to meet her brother to borrow some money when they ended up having sex.

“I was basically homeless, drunk and needing help. I was waiting with him on the platform for his train home, before I went to get mine,” she told The Sun newspaper. “It’s not an excuse, but I really can’t remember everything that  happened next,” she said, adding that she broke down into tears as she returned home and felt “sick and disgusted with myself”.

Richard Finlayson told the Sun it was a “moment of madness”.

“Kirsty came on to me but I can’t blame only her for all this. We were both consenting adults who made a stupid and wrong decision,” he said.

Sentencing them, Sheriff Ray Small said: “I’m sure you both understand that most right-minded members of society will find the details of this case unacceptable and difficult to comprehend.”   

But he said both defendants were “vulnerable” and spared them jail because they had no previous convictions and were not viewed as any threat to the public.

Small added that because of the publicity generated by the case “I believe it is the case that your lives are to a large extent in ruins”.

Kirsty Finlayson is now expected to move to England.

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Oct 14, 2011

dre10

wow!!

white people are real Zombies.
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Oct 14, 2011

khandalimtshelokwakhe

brother and sister, sies man what is happening in our country....
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Oct 14, 2011

Stekevana

@khandalimtshelokwakhe

This happened in Scotland
It is sick though
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Oct 14, 2011

SmartMoa

Ijoo, mehlolo ha e fele, bana ba ba horny, bro & sis
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Oct 14, 2011

Sifebe

holy ghost
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Oct 14, 2011

leShandis

- let us repent brothers & sisters, and go back to God, now really what is this i read here......indeed the time on Devils clock is 5 two!

- how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?
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Oct 15, 2011

lamelooser

dre10 does this with his sister....but she is a goat.


Kwak kwak
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Oct 15, 2011

DJI

dre10
white people are real Zombies.
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dre finds it more appealing when fathers rape their 3 year old daughters,
you are disgusting dre,
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Oct 15, 2011

nevus

khandalimtshelokwakhe
brother and sister, sies man what is happening in our country....
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yha what is happening in your country,kante ho na le manyasa ko Scotland?
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Oct 17, 2011

Mzabalazo

dre

Incest is not a white thing, it is something happening in every society, every part of the world. In SoniesHoff, an African farm worker has fathered children with all his 4 daughters,whilst his wife is well and alive. This issue has no race, just like crime and it goes well beyond our modern times. A friend of mine was made aware late in life that her uncle was her father ( her mother and father were brothers and sisters), we were just talking about her experience with my brother two weeks ago.
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