A Syrian asylum seeker has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in Falkirk.

Muhammad Sheikhi, 23, carried out both attacks in the early hours of Sunday November 30 last year, close to the Hotel Cladhan where he had been staying.

He assaulted the first woman at a railway bridge on Kerse Lane, where he hugged her, repeatedly kissed her on the face and mouth, and put his hands under her clothing.

He then sexually assaulted a second woman in Kerse Lane and the nearby Bellsmeadow skate park, where he pinned her against a tree and put his hands under her clothing.

A jury at Stirling Sheriff Court found Sheikhi guilty of both charges following a four-day trial.

He is due to be sentenced on June 29.