A PERVERT who sexually abused an eight-year-old girl while they played on an Xbox was jailed today for two years and eight months.

John McCann, 51, repeatedly preyed on his victim at various properties.

McCann - who suffers from multiple sclerosis - initially got the girl to perform sex acts on him from the age of five.

He then went on to touch the girl and placed his body on top of her's while they played on the gaming console on a bed.

McCann pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to using lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour on the girl.

The Drumchapel man also admitted sexually assaulting the girl.

The charges span between June 2009 and June 2012.

Sheriff Iain Fleming said: "For a period of three years you abused this child and I take a serious view of this.

"I have no option due to the gravity of these matters but to impose a significant custodial sentence."

McCann was also put on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period.

The court previously heard that McCann knew the girl. He first struck when he was alone with the girl who was five years old at the time.

Prosecutor Lauren Sangray stated that McCann "tickled" the girl on the shoulder and neck.

He then told her to unbutton his trousers and made reference to a "lolly pop."

McCann made the girl perform a sex act on him "six to eight times."

The hearing was told that McCann went on to tickle the girl on the body and laid on top of her.

McCann also played Xbox with the girl, aged eight, while they were in a bed together.

He tickled her again then placed his body on her while she was face down on the bed.

The girl later told adults what had happened to her and McCann was quizzed but he said he had "nothing to hide."

McCann told a social worker that he had sexually abused the girl which resulted in police involvement.

Linda Findlay, defending, told the sentencing: "He tells me that his conduct has been eating away at him for many years.

"He says he made the disclosure with the expectation that he would be punished for the behaviour."