Carer who performed 'sex act' on disabled man at Falkirk Wheel dodges jail
Megan Neilson has since been left unemployed.
A care worker who engaged in sexual activity with a vulnerable man has been spared jail and banned from contacting him for 10 years.
Megan Neilson, 28, was appointed to support the 29-year-old who suffers from cerebral palsy and has a learning disability.
The pair struck up a close bond which led to them declaring they loved each other.
Neilson repeatedly kissed and cuddled him during trips to a bowling alley and at Strathclyde Park, while she later performed a sex act on him in a car at the Falkirk Wheel.
Their improper relationship came to light after they appeared hand-in-hand at his dad's house and told him they were together.
Neilson told the sickened father she would resign from her role as a support worker but police were called in.
When officers arrived at her home, she asked: "Is this about the inappropriate relationship?"
Mum-of-two Neilson, of Airdrie, Lanarkshire, denied any wrongdoing between June and August 2022 and went on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court.
Jurors convicted her of engaging in sexual activity with the man while being a person who provided care services to him.
Sheriff Linda Nicolson said Neilson was being spared jail as she had young children to care for. The sheriff ordered her to carry out 300 hours of unpaid work, tagged her for a year and put her under supervision for 18 months.
Neilson, who is now unemployed and suspended from holding any care roles, was placed on the sex offenders' register for five years.
Jurors were shown a police interview where the man told how he believed he was in a relationship with Neilson and described sexual acts between them.
