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Terrifying fiend jailed for 8 years after two sex attacks on young girls within half-hour

- BY RYAN CARROLL

A PREDATOR who sexually assaulted two young girls after dragging them off the street in a bid to rape them has been jailed for over eight years.

Regan McClinton, 21, followed and attacked both children within less than 30 minutes of each other in Blantyre, Lanarkshire.

The then 18-year-old was caught on CCTV following the first girl as she walked on Broompark Road in broad daylight in April 2023.

He grabbed the 15-year-old by the hair and body before dragging her into an alleyway where he took away her mobile phone. McClinton, of Blantyre, subjected the child to a sexual and physical assault, which ended after members of the public intervened.