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Convicted Rapist Egged Outside Cumbernauld Home During Police Escort

Police Scotland reported no arrests at the protest captured on local video.

Overview

  • Footage published by local media shows residents confronting Paul McAllister outside his Woodhead Court address as two officers escorted him from the property.
  • A protester threw an egg that struck McAllister in the head while he was being led to a marked police van, and chants were heard from the crowd.
  • Police were called to the scene and later confirmed that no one involved in the demonstration was arrested.
  • McAllister, 47, was jailed in 2012 after luring a 42-year-old man with learning difficulties from Monklands Hospital and raping him in a wooded area in Airdrie.
  • He received a seven-year sentence with three years' supervision after release and had an earlier sexual offence conviction from 1999.