Mark Proctor Baillieston Sex Offender often followed a woman on a Glasgow train and sexually harassed her. On September 3, 2023, Mark Proctor, 48, targeted his victim between Glasgow’s Easterhouse and High Street stations. Proctor got on the train, sat across from her, and said, “I would”.
She tried to kick him away when he stroked her legs and massaged her with his foot.
From Baillieston in the city, Mark Proctor went on to lay his legs over hers before she left for another carriage.
He followed and sat opposite her before she returned to the original carriage.
She felt scared when Proctor then trailed her a second time.
Mark Proctor admitted sexual assault on Monday, August 12, at Glasgow Sheriff Court by a guilty plea.
The court heard that the woman had already been on the train headed towards Queen Street Station when Mark Proctor got on.
Mark Proctor yelled to the woman from diagonally across: “I would”.
She then disregarded his comment, stating she had a vaporiser in her pocket and was wearing a denim jacket.
The fiscal depute said: “Proctor made touch with her lower legs by moving his right foot towards her.
“He then massaged the victim’s legs with his foot.
“She tried to kick him away, and he said, ‘I would’.”
“Again, he put his two legs over hers and stopped her from getting off the seat.”
The woman asked Mark Proctor: “What are you doing with your legs?”
The lady hurried to another carriage, but Mark Proctor trailed her to a seat across from her.
The fiscal depute said, “Mark Proctor raised his legs towards the woman, and she immediately stood up and returned to the other carriage.”
Once more trailing her, Mark Proctor remarked, “Are you still on the train?”
Then he spun around and headed across the other side of the train.
The financial depute said: “At this point, the woman felt intimidated and scared as if Mark Proctor was going to follow her home or harm her.”
The lady called the British Transport Police, and Proctor was subsequently found and arrested.
Defending Graham Bryson said to the court his client was intoxicated at the time of the offence.
The attorney said, “He is greatly ashamed of what he has done.”
The sentence was put off until next month when background reports arrived.
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