{"id":130455,"date":"2025-05-25T10:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T10:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130455\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T10:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T10:56:08","slug":"scots-poet-guilty-of-sex-attack-on-woman-in-his-glasgow-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130455\/","title":{"rendered":"Scots poet guilty of sex attack on woman in his Glasgow flat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Scots poet carried out a sex attack on a woman in his own home.<\/p>\n

Jim Ferguson, 63, groped and kissed the stunned victim at the flat in Glasgow’s Dennistoun in September 2022.<\/p>\n

The woman, who came to visit Ferguson and his former friend Derek Brown, protested “No” before he backed away.<\/p>\n

Creative writing lecturer Ferguson, however, claimed that the incident did not happen.<\/p>\n

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He instead insisted that he had been the target of a \u201charassment campaign\u201d after Mr Brown had been kicked out of a poetry club they had been part of.<\/p>\n

But Ferguson was found guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court of the single charge of sexual assault.<\/p>\n

The court heard that Ferguson had initially gone back to his flat with Mr Brown.<\/p>\n

Mr Brown contacted the woman to come and join them.<\/p>\n

The pair were sitting on the opposite couch to Ferguson while they listened to music.<\/p>\n

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Prosecutor Redmond Harris said in his closing submission: “The woman stated that Ferguson enacted a very quick movement.<\/p>\n

“He grabbed her breast, tried to kiss her and placed his tongue in her mouth, then backed away.<\/p>\n

“She was shocked and surprised by Ferguson’s actions.”<\/p>\n

Mr Brown told the court that the woman “grimaced” and told him “No, Jim” before Ferguson “left abruptly.”<\/p>\n

The woman recalled the incident months after it took place due to “flashbacks\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ferguson denied that the incident occurred when he gave his evidence to the court.<\/p>\n

Liam Runciman, defending, asked if he sexually assaulted the woman, and he replied: “No, I never have.”<\/p>\n

He stated that he had only met the woman three times in 30 years by going to his performances.<\/p>\n

Ferguson further claimed that matters arose after Mr Brown was removed as a member of the Glasgow Literary Lounge poetry club.<\/p>\n

He said: “When we did not [let him back in], the woman and Mr Brown started a campaign of harassment against me and the Glasgow Literary Lounge on social media and in e-mails.”<\/p>\n

Ferguson claimed that he went to the police about matters, but was told to deal with it in a civil court.<\/p>\n

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He added that he had “no knowledge” that the woman had contacted the police about the sexual assault.<\/p>\n

Ferguson said: “I reported them in May, and at some point in July the police came to me and charged me with sexual assault, which was a shock.”<\/p>\n

Both Mr Brown and the woman told the court that they were unaware Ferguson had earlier reported them to the police.<\/p>\n

The sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Vincent Lunny, who put Ferguson on the sex offenders register and granted him bail meantime.<\/p>\n

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