May 2019 Rapist jailed after attacking young girl in Kilmarnock garage A rapist who attacked two young girls in a Kilmarnock garage has been jailed for nine years. William Griffin was brought to justice after pouncing on an 11-year-old and her friend more than 40 years ago. The brave victims later recalled their ordeals that took place on the day Elvis died: August 16, 1977. Their accounts ensured the 60-year-old was finally caught and held accountable for his crime. The mechanic was jailed at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday. Griffin had pled guilty to charges of rape as well as lewd and libidinous conduct against both girls. He had been convicted in 2000 of abusing a youngster. Lord Arthurson told him: “Your conduct represents the sustained and truly appalling abuse of children.” Griffin will also be put on the sex offenders’ list indefinitely. The court earlier heard how the pervert left his first victim in tears. Prosecutor Bernard Ablett said: “She speaks to an occasion when he raped her when she was 11. “She recollects this happened before 5pm on the day Elvis Presley died.” Griffin claimed his dad was a policeman and that the girl would be taken away if she said anything. He also repeatedly raped another girl who was aged between 11 and 14 at the time, including in a field near Kilmarnock. The crimes occurred between 1976 and 1979. Around 40 years later the victims found each other on social media and revealed how they had suffered. March 2019 Vile Kilmarnock pervert raped girl in garage A vile pervert raped a young girl on the day Elvis Presley died, a court was told. Mechanic William Griffin, 60, raped his terrified 11-year-old victim in a car in a lock-up garage in MacIvor Place, Kilmarnock, on August 16, 1976. The High Court in Glasgow heard that she remembered the date because it took place around 5pm on the day the king died. After the rape the girl was crying and Griffin told her “that was nice”. Prosecutor Bernard Abblett said: “The accused told the complainer his father was a policeman and she would be taken away from her family if she disclosed what he did to her.” The court heard that Griffin also raped a 14-year-girl in a field near Kilmarnock and in the lock-up and sexually abused the two victims. The offences were committed between July 1976 and July 1979 when he was aged between 17 and 20. One victim said she was sexually assaulted by Griffin once a week for two years. He lured his victims into the lock-up with the promise that they could drive one of the cars he was working on. Mr Abblett told the court: “The victim said that she had to leave because her mother would be looking for her. Mr Griffin told her that ‘it would be over and done with soon’.” The second victim remembered Griffin’s bad breath and that she had to take a bath afterwards. Around 40 years later, both victims found each other on social media and discussed their abusive childhoods and their links with Griffin. Griffin plead guilty to charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour and rape. He was put on the sex offenders register, remanded in custody and will be sentenced next month.