BEAST DOPED TEENS BEFORE RAPING THEM Miracle baby starts P1
Sexual predator facing long jail term
A Hamilton rapist who drugged and sexually assaulted two teenage girls is behind bars.
John Kursulis pounced on his victims during separate attacks in 2016 and 2017.
A jury heard how Kursulis laughed as he had sex with one of the stricken girls.
The 28-year-old denied the crimes during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
But, he now faces a lengthy jail term after being convicted of rape.
As he was being led to the cells, Kursulis shouted from the dock: “I didn’t do anything, man.”
Kursulis, of Hamilton, was remanded in custody pending sentencing next month.
Prosecutors said he did “administer” or “cause a substance” to be taken by each
A ‘miracle baby’ started school for the first time last week — after an aunt donated 20 per cent of her liver to save the girl’s life.
Blantyre youngster Eimile Friel enjoyed her first day at St Blane’s Primary last Thursday, and it was an extra-special moment for the whole family.
The five-year-old was born with a liver condition called biliary atresia, a childhood disease of the liver in which one or more bile ducts are abnormally narrow, blocked, or absent.
And she went through a lifesaving transplant when she was aged just eight months, after her aunt Sheena Mcqueer (57) donated part of her liver.
Mum Sharon Hanly, of Coatshill, told the Advertiser: “Eimile has been back and forward for check-ups all her life and is actually in hospital this week for her five-year liver biopsy to check everything is working as it should do, so seeing her start school last week was such a proud day, albeit an emotional one for us all.
“Eimile wasn’t nervous at all and actually woke up at 6.45am all by herself raring to go. It was a special moment.”
Eimile starting school was a big day not only for mum Sharon (46) and dad Paul Friel (47), but it also meant a lot to her aunt.
Sheena is Sharon’s sister and didn’t think twice about donating 20 per cent of her organ to save the life of her young niece back in 2013.
The pair now have a remarkable bond, and Sheena was one of the first to see an excited Eimile in her school uniform.
Aunt Sheena added: “We were so proud watching Eimile as she walked into school last week. We felt this day was a massive achievement for her, considering what she’s been through in her five years.”
The family are keen to highlight the importance of organ donation and stress that they wouldn’t have been able to see Eimile on her first day of school had it not been for her transplant.
Sharon added: “Without Sheena donating part of her liver to Eimile, we probably wouldn’t have her here with us today.
“Organ donation is so important – an amazingly generous act that saves thousands of lives every year. Please visit the NHS website for further details about organ and tissue donation or to sign up to the organ donor register.”
The website can be found at www.organdonation.nhs.uk.