A massage therapist who sexually assaulted women while carrying out treatments on them is facing jail.

Alistair Bennie, 61, left 10 victims frozen in fear as he took advantage of them in their own homes and his own property.

All of the women, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, contacted Bennie through his Alpha Holistics company and arranged for treatment - but he used the sessions to violate them.

His firm offered a range of services including Swedish massage, Satna call girl hot stone therapy and Indian head massage.

A police probe was launched after two women complained about his conduct which led to others coming forward.

Two friends told how they had booked Indian head massages for £120 but were left shocked when he touched their breasts.

Another woman was attacked during an appointment at his home while a fourth woman was assaulted while her husband was in another room of her house.

Bennie, of Strathaven, Lanarkshire, denied sexually assaulting the women between September 2017 and June 2022.




A jury took less than an hour to find Alistair Bennie guilty of 10 charges at Hamilton Sheriff Court

He went on trial at Hamilton Sheriff Court where a jury took less than an hour to find him guilty of 10 charges.

One victim told the jury she was meant to be having a massage on her calves but Bennie touched her private parts.

She said: ‘His hand went up and underneath my pants and I juddered.

‘He left and I told my husband, "I think he has just touched me inappropriately" and I told him he hadn't touched my calves and that I felt really uncomfortable.