February 2021

Glasgow pervert found guilty of sexually assaulting teenage girls

A pervert who sexually assaulted three girls faces a jail sentence.

Paul Balarsky, 20, was convicted by a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court of four charges of sexually assaulting three teenage girls. including at a home in Rutherglen

One incident saw him give a 14 year old drink at his home in Glasgow’s Shawlands in August 2017.

The brute then pinned the terrified girl on a bed and attempted to kiss her, before carrying out the assaults.

Balarsky committed similar crimes on a 15-year-old and 17-year-old girl between April 2017 and November 2018.

Balarsky was convicted by a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court of four charges of sexually assaulting three teenage girls.

The court heard from the then 14-year-old girl who stated Balarsky jumped on top of her.

She told jurors in evidence: “He tried to kiss me and I didn’t want him to and I tried to move my face to the side and said no.

“I couldn’t really stop him because I was drunk.”

Balarksy then went on to commit two different sexual attacks on the girl.

The court heard of an earlier separate incident in which a 15-year-old girl was passed out drunk at a party in the city’s Pollokshields.

A friend put her to bed and checked on her through the night.

Prosecutor Mark Allan said: “What the friend saw was questionable as the accused was seen jumping up saying he wasn’t doing anything.

“She said there was something weird about that.”

The victim later, when she was 16, in a separate incident, was also groped twice while asleep at the same property by Balarsky.

The court was told about an incident in November 2018 when Balarsky touched a sleeping 17-year-old girl at a property in Rutherglen.

The girl woke up to find her jeans being unfastened.

She said: “He was trying to touch my genitals without consent.”

The girl jumped out of bed and ran out before telling a friend what happened.

Balarsky sent a text message saying: “I know what I did was awful, I’m struggling to comprehend what happened.

“I need to go to therapy for something like that, it’s my fault, it totally is, I have never done anything worse.”

Balarksy told jurors in evidence that some of the matters were as a result of a “misunderstanding.

He claimed one of the victims lied.

Sentence was deferred until next month for background reports by Sheriff Alan Mackenzie.

Balarsky was put on the sex offenders register and granted bail meantime.

January 2021

Cambuslang pervert jailed for two years after sexually assaulting sleeping nine year old boy

A Cambuslang pervert who sexually assaulted a sleeping nine-year-old boy has been jailed for two years.

Dexter Stirling, 29, performed a sexual act on the child and groped him after putting his hand under his clothing

Stirling even struck while he was naked in the shower with his terrified victim.

Stirling committed the crimes at properties in Cambuslang and Motherwell, South Lanarkshire and in a car park in Carfin.

The offences spanned from January 1 2018 to January 31 2019 while the boy was aged between nine and 11.

The first offender, of Cambuslang, was convicted by a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court of sexual assault.

Stirling was added to the sex offenders register for 10 years and banned from working with children or vulnerable adults.

Sheriff Alan Mackenzie told Stirling: “The boy was aged between nine and 11 while you were aged between 26 and 27.

“During that time, you also sent 220 text messages to the child and repeatedly visited him in his home.

“I shouldn’t impose a custodial sentence if I’m satisfied there is no other method of dealing with you.

“I consider given the nature of the offending, the expression of society towards this behaviour and given the gravity of the offending, I consider no other disposal as appropriate other than custody.”

Stirling hugged a woman in the public gallery before he was sent into custody.