A man who has been jailed for attacking two underage girls was caught casually shopping on CCTV, moments after attempting to rape both children in separate attacks less than 30 minutes apart.

In April 2023, then 18-year-old Regan McClinton physically and sexually assaulted two girls aged 11 and 15 in Blantyre in South Lanarkshire .

McClinton, 21, has now been jailed for six years and nine months with a further two years on license, and has been indefinitely added to the sex offenders register.

The attacker had been caught on CCTV following the first girl, who was 15 years old, in broad daylight as she walked along Broompark Road. He pulled her hair and dragged her into an alley in an attempt to rape her, before members of the public intervened.

Less than 30 minutes later, McClinton

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