A former Motherwell youth coach tried to take his own life before going on trial accused of sex attack on young boys.
Bob Allan failed to turn up to the first diet of his trial after he was left hospitalised following an attempted suicide bid.
Earlier today the 69-year-old was caged for 18 months for historical attacks on kids during the 1980s and 1990s.
A third charge of failing to attend court was admonished by the judge at Glasgow Sheriff Court today over the suicide attempt.
The ex-youth development officers was also placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Allan sexually assaulted one youngster – aged between 13 and 16 – on an occasion between May 21, 1984 and May 20, 1986, at an address in Cambuslang, near Glasgow.
And on April 7, 1993, at the same address, he carried out another sex attack on a boy of 15.
Allan, who is believed to have started his role with Motherwell in the early 1990s, was cleared of unrelated sex offence allegations in the US, which were reported in the Record at the time.
