An East Kilbride man who sexually abused a girl and a younger lady has been jailed for 3 years.
Hamilton Sheriff Courtroom heard that the lady was of main faculty age when she was molested by William Blair.
Blair, 53, denied sexual offences towards the 2 females, however a jury convicted him on majority verdicts final month.
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The younger lady was abused on an event between 2018 and 2020.
His grownup sufferer was focused on numerous events over the identical interval.
Blair went into the witness field to protest his innocence, however after deliberating for greater than three hours, the jury convicted him.
When he returned to court docket for sentencing, defence agent Gerry McGuire stated Blair has struggled with a drink drawback and isn't working at current due to poor well being.
The solicitor added: “He appreciates each costs are severe, however his document just isn't probably the most severe seen in these courts.
“It has been advised by a social employee that, ought to the court docket think about a community-based sentence, he's assessed as an appropriate candidate for supervision and an digital tag.”
However Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen stated jail was the one acceptable sentence due to the “gravity” of the crimes.
He informed Blair: “Each costs are very severe. You took benefit of those people on your personal sexual gratification.”
The sheriff additionally put Blair on the intercourse offenders’ register for an indefinite interval.
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