Posted on 02/27/2006 12:28:17 PM PST by iPod Shuffle
26 February 2006
SEX PREDATOR
EXCLUSIVE Store worker kidnapped and sexually attacked men he picked up and drugged
By Charles Lavery
THIS former DIY store worker can today be exposed as a gay sex attacker who kidnaps, drugs, abuses and robs his victims at knifepoint.
Cyrus Winton, 26, kept "trophies" from his victims in the £300,000 house he shares with his parents.
Cunning Winton abducted straight men and performed sex acts on them.
He attacked his victims ., in remote spots less than two {| miles from his home.
Police believe he drugged them to blot out their memories of his sordid acts.
But one remembered enough to take police to the scene of his attack.
It led to police raiding Winton's home where they found wallets, clothes and bank cards belonging to the men.
He was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow of three attacks and three thefts. He will be sentenced next month.
Police think there may be more victims who are too embarrassed to come forward.
Winton, of Atholl Avenue, Torrance, Glasgow, was being groomed as a manager at a B&Q superstore, in Bishopbriggs, when he started stalking and attacking men at night.
Colleagues were stunned when he failed to turn up for work and bosses said he had been arrested.
In November 2004, he conned his first victim into his silver Vauxhall Corsa in the city centre. The young man had been so drunk he was later unable to tell officers where Winton picked him up.
Winton drove him to Balmore, Stirlingshire, where he dragged him out of the car and performed sex acts on him. He dumped him after stealing his wallet and cards.
Less than three weeks later, he abducted his second man, drove him to the same area, where he sexually assaulted him, stole his jacket, mobile and wallet.
Eight days later, Winton was back in the city centre, this time posing as a taxi driver to lure another straight man.
He picked up his third victim in George Square and drove him to a layby, again in Balmore. This time he used a knife in a similar attack.
But this victim remembered enough details and informed the police. His description of the car led them to Winton.
Police identified other victims from stolen items. The men had been too embarrassed to complain.
One police source said: "If we hadn't found that stolen stuff, we would have been in the dark about the others. "There are fears that he has carried out other sex attacks." A former colleague at the B&Q store in Bishopbriggs said: "He was openly gay and didn't care who knew it.
"He was a polite, happy and funny guy. We are all totally stunned and shocked."
At home last night, Winton refused to comment.
c.lavery@sundaymail.co.uk
'There are fears that Winton has carried out other sex attacks'
Zed's dead.
Walmart's fault.
Shades of Gacy.
I think 26 year-old males who "live with their parents" are a dead giveaway.
They should be avoided.
(I was at happy hour a couple of weeks ago minding my own business when this guy pulls up a bar stool next to me and starts yammering. I said to myself: "ex-con who lives at home".) Sure enough, he got around to "explaining" that he just got out of prison and was living with his mother. I moved away as quickly as I could...)
Moral of the story:
Getting blind drunk does have its drawbacks.
I gotta think that when you woke up ,you would know "something" happened to you.Ouch!
Scotland?
"Winton, of Atholl Avenue"
You can't make this stuff up ;)
Well, then again there's George Costanza...
I guess the local public toilet was too crowded for the guy.
They probably just thought they'd waited for the bus while sitting on a fire plug.
Mr. Winton seems to be living on the right street, though. Take a look.
Why do Scotsmen wear kilts?
Because the other guys in the bar can hear zippers.
26 and living with parents...hmmm.
some basic rules I have discovered...
1. Real Men don't mooch off of family. People will respect you more if you live in a junky apartment that you pay for yourself, than if you live in daddies mansion. There is nothing more pathetic than a 30 year old man who still has his mother do his laundry. If you encounter a man in this condition, avoid him. He has issues.
2. Real Men avoid having male roommates after college. While in school it is understandable. If you move to a new area and are getting established, it is understandable. However, If you are a 30 yr. old single male with a male roommate, everyone will rightly suspect that you are gay.
3. Real Men don't "shack up" with a gal. They marry them or date them. The in-between stage is far too confusing, and gets too complicated for a Real Man to deal with...hehe
I'm older than that, live in my own home and have never been to jail. Tell me where that bar is and you can kidnap and drug me for sex, if you want. Hell, you don't even have to drug me.
Thank God he's not out on the streets!
I was just gonna say "Pulp Fiction Bump"...
I thought that was sheep...
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