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Teacher on register after sex attack at Aberdeen Salvation Army band concert

Dean Bromage was found guilty after a trial in Dundee.

Dean Bromage
Dean Bromage.

A creepy teacher has been placed on the sex offenders register after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman at a Salvation Army concert in Aberdeen.

After a four-day trial spanning several months, Dean Bromage was convicted of groping the woman between May 2018 and February 2019 in two separate incidents.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard how Bromage had leaned back and touched the woman between her legs during a performance in Edinburgh before saying she “probably enjoyed it”.

On another occasion, Bromage touched the woman’s breast while she was warming up her instrument ahead of a concert in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen abuse

In evidence, the complainer said she initially believed married Bromage had been removing “fluff” from her but later realised his motives were more sinister.

Bromage, 35, denied all of the allegations against him and said his accuser was committing perjury.

Dean Bromage
Dean Bromage was convicted of assaults during Salvation Army band events. Image: Mhairi Edwards/DC Thomson.

However, Sheriff John Rafferty found the woman to be credible and reliable, saying: “With reference to the Aberdeen incident, the defence say the activity was not sexual but an effort to remove fluff from her top.

“There’s no evidence of fluff.

“The accused never suggested he did it to remove fluff.

“(The complainer) indicated she checked herself in the mirror beforehand and saw no fluff.

“The complainer gave evidence that nothing was said during this incident.

“I find it incredible a man several years older would choose to brush his hand across a young girl’s breast for an innocent purpose.”

In her evidence, the woman said of the Aberdeen incident: “He came up to me and he brushed his right hand over my chest. He didn’t say anything.

“I was very confused and I didn’t really know what had happened.”

Edinburgh attack

Bromage, of Fotheringham Drive in Monifieth, claimed he could not remember the incident in Edinburgh ever occurring.

A family friend and senior member of the Salvation Army band claimed Bromage was falling after swinging on a chair and “propped himself” onto the girl before making the “flippant” remark.

Bromage previously claimed he had issues with people’s “personal space” and if he did touch the woman he would have made a “funny comment about it”.

Dundee Sheriff Court.
The trial took place over several days at Dundee Sheriff Court.

The complainer said: “Mr Bromage leaned back to pass a message to those who were in the band.

“He leaned back into line and as he did so, he ran his hand up between my legs.

“I stepped away before he could go any higher.

“It was going up my leg. It was not appropriate at all.

“It was unwanted sexual touching. I was outraged.

“He leaned in and said: ‘Sorry, that was an accident – but you probably enjoyed it.’

“I was further outraged. How dare he say something like that?”

Accuser came forward after previous case

The woman came forward about her experience with Bromage after reading how he was cleared by a jury in 2021 of engaging in sexual activity with pupils at a school in Fife.

Bromage was acquitted at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and was described as being a “maverick” teacher as opposed to a criminal.

First offender Bromage was convicted at Dundee Sheriff Court of sexually assaulting the woman at the Salvation Army Halls on Castle Street, Aberdeen, and on Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.

Sentence was deferred until next month for social work reports to be prepared.

Bromage is now subject to the terms of the sex offenders register.

He was found not guilty of a separate charge of exposing himself to a young girl in St Andrews and Dundee between 2008 and 2010.