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Regan McClinton: Blantyre sex predator who attacked two girls after dragging them off street jailed
Regan McClinton received a six years and nine months prison sentence plus two years on licence after assaulting two girls aged 15 and 11, with public intervention stopping the attacks.
- On Thursday, Regan McClinton, 21, was jailed for six years and nine months with a two-year licence period at the High Court in Kilmarnock for sexual assaults on two young girls in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire.
- On April 22, 2023, CCTV showed McClinton following a 15-year-old girl on Broompark Road, Blantyre, grabbing her and later attacking an 11-year-old on nearby Burnbrae Road.
- Members of the public intervened after the first victim screamed, helping the girls while CCTV footage and DNA evidence supported prosecutors' case.
- The court ordered McClinton onto the sex offenders register indefinitely and issued non-harassment orders, while Lord Andrew Cubie said, "You again fled and when confronted brazenly denied any involvement" and described the attacks as hugely upsetting for the victims' families.
- Prosecutors warned this offending will not be tolerated and said the conviction should send a message, urging victims to report crimes and noting sentencing followed Scottish guidelines for under-25s amid local community alarm.
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