Irvine Boutique closing doors to reopen as 50 Shades Sex Shop

A woman’s boutique in Irvine which has been part of the shopping community for almost 60 years is to close next month.

Sadie’s in the town’s Bank Street will close its doors on February 28. The bright news is it will be opening as a Sex Toy shop specialising in the latest 50 Shades of Grey style BDSM & Bondage toys.

And owner Sadie Sadieson says it has been the hardest decision of her life to close the doors of the popular clothing and lingerie shop.

The new look Sadies in Bank Street, Irvine

“With the popularity of 50 Shades of Grey, no-one was spending money on lingerie anymore. Everyone has been asking for whips, collars, cuffs, leashes. There's simply no market in Irvine for Miss Mary of Sweden any longer. I made the decision to close Sadie’s, as a bloomer shop and to reopen with a fresher, sexier image” said Sadie.

“Believe me, it has broken my heart to do it as there are so many loyal customers who have become friends and who pop in while they are waiting for a bus or just to catch up and I will miss each and every one of them. Now hopefully they'll be set to return and I can truss them in leather and lock them in the dungeon in the basement after they buy a few corsets”

"The keeping the name was the best part" enthused Sadie. "I'll be selling instruments of a sado masochistic nature, and the name Sadie's has so many connotations of that, it was a no brainer".

The new Sadies hopes that customers will serve it when it reopens at the beginning of next month.

Sadie from Sadies gets herself ready for it's re-opening.

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Ayrshire's 'King of the Doggers' Gerard McAuley in the Doghouse

Ayrshire's King of the Doggers’ scared the life out of a lone woman.

And a sheriff this week found sleazy Gerard McAuley, 46, guilty of causing her fear and alarm.

McAuley followed the woman's car from Irvine to Troon, hoping to have sex with her.

The terrified woman had no idea why she was being tailed, Ayr Sheriff Court heard.

McAuley thought she was up for sex because her car slowed down and she waved at him.

Gerard McAuley going 'for a curry' last week

There was a double-flash of her brake lights which McAuley took to mean ‘follow me for sex and get your wanger out’.

His Defence lawyer argued Mrs Thompson was in ‘the wrong place at the wrong time’.

He said his client was in the ‘right place at the right time’ for his purpose. But he picked the ‘wrong car’.

The woman's car only slowed because McAuley’s car looked like a friend’s.

He highlighted the location at Irvine Beach Park, notorious for dogging – a slang term for outdoor sex with a stranger.

“It was dark. And she approached Mr McAuley’s car, which was stationary in a lay-by,” said Mr Lockhart.

McAuley told the court he parked in the lay-by to wait for sex with strangers. 

He said: “I thought she was looking for sex. I followed her, and now I’m here. I'm a member of all the local swinging sites, I go on holiday every year to Hedonism. I had been watching Granny porn and when I saw that my intended partner was of retirement age it was at this point I whipped out my wang and flashed her. I'm the King of the Doggers and i'd put out through my network that I would be here waiting for all comers while the wife thought I was out at Curry King getting a Jalfrezi.”

But depute fiscal pointed to the length of the pursuit – SEVEN miles from Irvine Beach Park to Troon’s Campbell Drive.

And he argued: “This was a course of conduct likely to cause fear or alarm.”

He also highlighted McAuley’s persistence in following the woman, even after she stopped near the Spar shop in Troon’s Logan Drive.

A Polis who later charged McAuley, who works in the porn scene for a living.

The Polis noted McAuley saying: “I thought someone was going to go with us . . . go with us to play about . . . go back to theirs to have sex.”

McAuley said in his evidence "I'm the Car Park King. I was out looking for sex, I waved my wang about & chased the poor lassie. I thought she was only playing hard to get and that she stopped at the Spar shop only to buy some condoms and lube. It's a fair cop guv, but Red Hot TV is to blame. i'll be canceling my subscription. To that and to the rest of the jazz sites. I'm handing over my crown."

The sheriff wants to see reports on McAuley, of Broomlands Drive in Irvine, before sentencing him on March 17.

He has also placed McAuley on the sex offenders’ register.