Former Lanarkshire footballer jailed for two years for sex attack on sleeping woman

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A former Lanarkshire footballer who carried out a despicable sex attack on a sleeping woman has been jailed for two years.Salim Kouider-Aïssa, 27, preyed on the woman, in her twenties, at a flat in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, on October 31, 2021.The ex Airdrieionians forward stripped to his boxers in bed and touched the woman inappropriately.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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