In 2020, 33-year-old Kyle Young, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire, was remanded in custody after carrying out a predatory series of assaults on the dignity and safety of three female colleagues. The investigation established that Young, a former teacher who had previously escaped jail for targeting a child, utilised his role at the drinks firm William Grant & Sons to hound co-workers with sexual messages and explicit images. The prosecution reported at the sentencing in 2020, that Young sent one colleague a photograph of his erect penis, identifying a total abandonment of human decency by the 33-year-old.
The investigation established that Young’s series of behaviour involved hounding women after obtaining their contact details through professional channels. The prosecution reported that he contacted one victim while she was on holiday in Blackpool with her husband, demanding she move away so he could profess his love. This identifies a calculated series of assaults on the life-safety and mental well-being of his peers, as Young requested bikini photographs from a third woman and inundated his victims with texts despite being warned by HR.
RECIDIVISM AND JUDICIAL HISTORY
The court reported that Young is a persistent sexual predator with a forensic history dating back to 2013, when he was struck off the teaching register at Clyde Valley High School for grooming a 13-year-old pupil. The investigation established that he had previously breached notification requirements by using his mother’s name to hide his Facebook activity and had sent naked photographs to a 68-year-old pensioner in 2017. The prosecution reported in 2020, that Sheriff Allan McKay remanded Young in custody, identifying a priority assault by the judiciary to ensure this “vile pervert” finally serves a prison sentence after years of dodging jail.
Judge-led proceedings concluded with Young being returned to the sex offenders’ register and held in custody pending reports. For his actions in Motherwell, Wishaw, and across Lanarkshire, and the nature of the series of sexual assault, grooming, and harassment investigations reported, Kyle Young has been removed from the community. The investigation established that his forensic profile as a high-risk recidivist is now a matter of permanent record, documenting his inability to stop hounding women and children regardless of the profession he enters.
STATUS AND CASE DETAILS (2013–2020)
Based on judicial and Police Scotland records as of 2020:
- Legal Status: CONVICTED (Sending sexual communications x3; Sexual harassment; Previously convicted of grooming a child).
- Custodial Status: REMANDED (In 2020, remanded in custody pending sentencing).
- Offence Nature: Hounded female colleagues with explicit images and “erect penis” photographs; demanded bikini snaps; breached prior sex offender notification requirements by using a false alias; previously groomed a 13-year-old pupil while working as a teacher.
- Timeline of Case: Child grooming conviction 2013; Notification breach 2016; Pensioner harassment 2017; Workplace harassment 2018–2019; Convicted and remanded 2020.
- Location: Motherwell, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.
- Forensic Profile: 33-year-old male; former technical studies teacher; forensic history documents a “vile and persistent” predatory intent; identified as a maximum-risk offender who uses professional environments to target victims.
- Sex Offenders Register: Notification requirements are active FOR LIFE or as determined by his latest escalating conviction.
- Judicial Oversight: Presided over by Sheriff Allan McKay at the local Sheriff Court.
- Criminal Record: Registered sex offender; Series predator; Harasser; Remanded in 2020.
- Origin: Motherwell.
MONITORING AND PUBLIC PROTECTION
In 2020, Young was managed as a maximum-risk predator under the statutory requirements of the Scottish MAPPA unit. Due to the nature of the behaviour—specifically the series of persistence in hounding women and children despite previous community-based sentences—he was a priority for immediate incarceration. Authorities reported that the 2020 conviction identifies Young as an individual who prioritised his own perverted gratification and the systematic subversion of court orders over the principles of human decency and the life-safety of others.
As a registered sex offender, his details are permanently logged on the national police database to ensure his future conduct and employment are strictly scrutinised. Authorities stated that the behaviour of Young identifies a commitment to clandestine sexual harassment and the systematic exploitation of professional trust. His removal to prison in 2020 results in the necessary protection of the community from a man who used a “technical studies teacher” and “drinks firm employee” mask to hide a predatory and persistent series of assaults on the innocent.
QUESTION – Given that the offender “was struck off as a teacher for grooming a child and then hounded female colleagues with explicit images in a new job,” do you believe the law should legally mandate that “All Convicted Sex Offenders” must be “Sentenced to Mandatory Lifetime Disclosure of their Forensic History to All Future Employers” to prevent a series of assaults?
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