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Helensburgh, Glasgow, G64
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A Helensburgh man who assaulted a dog with a sex toy has now also admitted sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl.
Rory Knox preyed on the child between January 2019 and March 2021.
The 39-year-old repeatedly asked her to open her legs before moving them apart.
Knox also made sexualised comments to her about her friends.
Knox hit the headlines earlier this year when he admitted abusing his partner's dog with a 10cm sex toy.
He claimed that he was playing with the pet before the toy got "stuck" inside of her.
Knox begged his partner not to take the "stressed" dog to the vet in fear that he would be arrested.
He was later tagged and put under supervision for a year.
Knox pleaded guilty on Tuesday, October 11, to sexually assaulting the 10-year-old girl at a property in Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire.
He also admitted directing sexual communication at a child for the purposes of obtaining sexual gratification or to humiliate, distress, or alarm the girl.
Glasgow Sheriff Court heard the girl came forward to police about Knox's behaviour towards her.
Prosecutor Hannah Sweeney said: "She recalled being in the kitchen with Knox and she was sitting on the fridge while fully clothed.
"Knox told her to open her legs and she said no.
"She recalled another occasion when she was sitting on the living room couch and she was asked to open her legs.
"She said he put his hands on her knees and parted them before she told him to stop as she didn't like it."
The girl also told officers that Knox made comments such as "I wonder how big their breasts are" after a WhatsApp video call to her friends.
Police later arrested Knox.
Sentence was deferred pending background reports by Sheriff Tom Hughes, who put Knox on the sex offenders register.
Knox had his bail continued meantime.