A vile McDonald’s manager who sexually assaulted two colleagues has been slapped with a court order which will see him remain on the Sex Offenders’ Register for two years.
Creep Matthew Blair was handed the sentence at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday after previously being found guilty of the disgusting attacks on two young women he worked with in McDonald’s.
The pervert will remain on the register while he carries out 240 hours of unpaid work, with Sheriff Lindsey Kooner telling him his brave victims were “credible and reliable”.
Blair – who tried to claim his actions were consensual – was convicted in November of groping one teenager while she worked in a drive-thru booth and another woman at a Paisley bus stop after she’d finished her shift.
Blair, who now lives in Inverness, lost his employment at McDonald’s after his victims complained about his behaviour.
The women had both bravely gave evidence against him in court, with his youngest victim saying Blair “violated” her when he “cupped” between her legs with his hands.
The other woman, who was pounced on by Blair when he offered to walk her to the bus stop after her shift, said she was given no warning about his behaviour.
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Married Blair pinned her against a wall and tried to repeatedly kiss her and touch her between the legs while he told her “not to tell anyone.”
During the trial, Paisley Sheriff Court was shown CCTV footage of the drive-thru booth which showed Blair assaulting his young colleague.
Behind a screen, his victim cried in the stand as she told: “The shift had started fine and it was quite a busy day.
“We were having a laugh and talking and then things got worse.
“He slapped my bum and I slapped his back. That was something that happens all the time in there.
“It was my first job and I just thought this is what happened. He grabbed me over my work trousers at my genital area.
“He cupped my genitals with his hand.”
She explained how “sexual banter” was part of everyday life at the branch.
She wept: “Because I had seen this type of thing happening everyday, I thought it was banter.
“I was a young girl and I knew nobody should touch me there if I didn’t want them to.
“At the time I’d just gone back to work, my mum had passed away and I could actually hardly function going to work.
“I didn’t go to work to be violated, I left my job because of that.
“I had clocked in to work to make money, I didn’t think I would clock in to be sexually assaulted.”
Blair’s second victim bravely stood in court and explained how her former colleague had sexually assaulted her as they walked to the bus stop after their
shift.
Weeping in the court she said: “I finished my shift at 10pm and Matthew offered to walk me to the bus
stop. He was sat outside at the benches waiting for me to come out.
“As we got to a tunnel he pinned me against a wall and started to kiss me. He told me I wasn’t to tell anyone and he proceeded to try and touch me.
“I didn’t give consent and I didn’t have any warning this was going to happen.
“He grabbed my shoulders and touched my vagina region over my clothes.
“I tried to pull myself away, it made me feel really uncomfortable.”
The woman tried to walk away but was followed to the bus stop.
She explained: “He caught up with me and said ‘aw come on, nobody needs to
know.’
“At the bus stop he tried to pull me in again. He pulled me in by my waist and tried to grab my vaginal
region. I felt embarrassed, ashamed and horrible, I just hated it.”
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