Pervert jailed for kissing girl on bus

A PERVERT who kissed a missing 12-year-old girl on a bus has been jailed for nearly 20 months.

Robert Palmer had earlier drunk alcohol with the youngster in Glasgow’s Springburn in March 2018. The 23-yearold later told police he believed the girl was 17.

Prosecutor Sarah Latta told Glasgow Sheriff Court: “Her dad, who she was to be staying with that day, reported her missing to the police.

“This is how the police became involved in the matter which was captured on CCTV. The friend who was with the girl on the bus was the subject of other matters.

“As a result of this, the girls were spoken to. It was only then that the version of events came to light.”

Palmer pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the girl. The offence took place more than two years before Palmer sexually assaulted and racially abused two women – both 23 – at a flat in the city’s Germiston.

Palmer groped one of the women in a broom cupboard and tried to kiss the other victim. He then brandished a knife and racially abused them.

Palmer, who pleaded guilty to the sexual assaults in February, was sentenced yesterday for both matters and was jailed for 81 days for the kissing case and 18 months for the later offences.