John Monteith jailed for domestic and sexual offences in Dumfries and Galloway

Barrhead sex attacker jailed for 11 years

A sex attacker who preyed on women and girls has been jailed for 11 years. John Muir was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after being convicted of a string of offences spanning more than three decades. The abuse took place between 1987 and 2018 at locations across Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire. Muir, now 63, molested and raped a girl, including assaults carried out while she was asleep. He also indecently assaulted a woman when she was unco…

John Monteith jailed for domestic and sexual offences in Dumfries and Galloway

A man has been jailed for the domestic and sexual abuse of a woman in Dumfries and Galloway. John Monteith, 58, was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison at Inverness High Court on Wednesday, 17 December, 2025. He was previously convicted at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 5 November, 2025. The offences took place in the Sanquhar area between 1986 and 2021. Monteith was also given a lifelong non-harassment order in respect of h…