Sex attacker who preyed on 12 young women and underage girls jailed for 11 years

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A sex attacker guilty of crimes against 12 young women and underage girls has been jailed for 11 years.Ross McCrum preyed on his victims which included raping two of them.The 27 year-old also sent lewd photos of himself and tried to arrange to meet some of the girls for sex - one as young as 14.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The crimes occurred between June 2014 and January 2020 in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Irvine and a hotel in Ayr, both Ayrshire.

It emerged he already had a previous conviction for sexual offences.Judge Tom Hughes told him: "It is quite clear you caused considerable distress to the victims."They gave their evidence with great dignity and now have the consolation of knowing the information they brought to the authorities was accepted."Hopefully they will gain some comfort for that."McCrum will be supervised for a further three years on his release.He was also put on the sex offenders list indefinitely.McCrum raped one 14 year-old girl in Uddingston in 2014.The charge included an allegation that he ordered her into a store cupboard.The other rape victim was attacked in the same property in the town in