SERIAL OFFENDER HID THEN CHASED TWO YOUNG SCHOOLGIRLS A serial offender hid himself before chasing after two ten-year-old girls in Dunfermline. The culprit was 40-year-old Kenneth Grindlay, who just a few weeks before, had ran towards a 15-year-old girl in a similar offence. Grindlay, of Mackie Place, Dunfermline, has a long history of targeting complete strangers in the street and subjecting them to frightening ordeals. He appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court by video-link from prison and will be sentenced next month. He admitted that on 17th January at Lauriston Drive, Craigston Drive and Robertson Road, he presented himself in an intimidating manner, by repeatedly attempting to conceal himself before pursuing and running towards unaccompanied children, two girls both aged ten year. He then shouted at a man and repeatedly ran towards him when he was in his vehicle. He previously admitted that on 2nd October last year at the Co-op, Linburn Road, he ran towards a 15-year-old girl and her mother. Sheriff Simon Collins called for reports and Grindlay will remain in custody until sentencing on 5th March. Grindlay has been a regular visitor to court over the past 20 years, since he cut off the tail of the family goldfish with scissors because he was “bored”. Here are some of his catalogue of crimes, usually committed against vulnerable members of the public, completely unknown to him. • A dad going to pick up his child from an after-school club at Commercial School was challenged to fight by Grindlay who was holding a beer bottle. • He exposed himself to two women and a 12-year-old girl after approaching their car. • He approached a mum and daughter in Halbeath Road and repeatedly shouted “Do you want to suck my d***”. • He targeted two women walking their dog at Woodmill Road, challenging them to fight and brandishing a wine bottle at them. • A woman with learning difficulties was left in tears after being targeted by Grindlay at a bus stop in Rosyth. • He also threatened to kill a woman as she talked to friends after a night at the bingo.