A man who sexually assaulted an off-duty police officer at a lockdown party in his Hamilton home, has been jailed for two years.
Andrew McNally was also put on the sex offenders' register for 10 years at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week. The 35-year-old denied committing the offence at his home in Shaw Drive in June last year, but a jury found him guilty.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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