Clydebank man pleads guilty to sexual assault of schoolgirl and gran

A man groped a schoolgirl by pretending there was a spider on her days after being released for an identical attack on a gran.

Kevin Uwaifo pounced on the 15-year-old in Glasgow's south side on May 30 2024.

The 20-year-old had followed her after school and stated: "You have a spider on your back."

Uwaifo, of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, ran his hand down her back before he grabbed her on the bottom.

Two days earlier, Uwaifo had approached a 53-year-old woman who was with her young grandkids at a supermarket.

He made a similar comment to her while holding his phone before he repeatedly rubbed her on the bottom.

Uwaifo pled guilty today at Glasgow Sheriff Court to two charges of sexual assault.

The court heard that the schoolgirl and her sister were walking home at the end of the day when Uwaifo followed them.

He said: "You have a spider on your back, can I touch your back to get it off?"

Prosecutor Stewart McLean stated: "He started carressing her back, running his hand down the length of her back.

"He then firmly grabbed her on the bottom, much to her alarm."

The two siblings were said to be "distressed" with the victim so upset that she cried.

Uwaifo was later picked out by the victim's 12-year-old sister at a police station and he was traced.

He told officers: "No, it wasn't me."

The court earlier heard that Uwaifo had been released on an undetaking two days at the time of the incident.

He had approached another victim at a Morrison's supermarket at the Glasgow Fort shopping centre in the city's Easterhouse.

The woman was with her two grandchildren when Uwaifo said to her from behind: "There is a spider on your back."

The woman turned around to see Uwaifo who was holding a mobile phone in his hand.

Mr McLean said: "He rubbed her bottom from side to side.

"He continued to carress her bottom while saying 'no it's still there'."

The woman moved away from Uwaifo who then fled the scene.

She contacted the manager who informed her that the incident would have been captured on CCTV.

Uwaifo later approached the woman again outside the supermarket and asked if she was "alright."

She replied: "No, I'm not alright. That's completely inappropriate."

Uwaifo: "I thought you had a spider on your back."

The woman: "You need to stay, I've called the police."

Uwaifo then ran off for a second time but was picked up by police and arrested.

He stated: "I didn't touch her inappropriately, I approached. I don't know what happened."

Philip Cohen, defending, told the court that his client is awaiting sentence next week on two further identical matters at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.

Sentence for his Glasgow offences were deferred until next month by Sheriff Anna Reid.

Uwaifo had his bail continued and he is subject to sex offenders register requirements meantime.

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