Kevin Guthrie

Kevin Guthrie is a Scottish actor His best known roles are Ally in Sunshine on Leith 2013 Ewan Tavendale in Terence Daviess Sunset Song 2015 and Abernathy in the first 2 Fantastic Beast films Fantastic Beast and where to find them 2016 and Fantastic Beast The Crimes of Grindelwald 2018 He also performed the lead role in Peter Pan at the Kings Theatre Glasgow in 2011 In September 2020 Guthrie was charged with sexual assault A trial before jury was set for January 2021 but was administratively adjourned due to the COVID19 pandemic and Guthrie remained on bail in the interim On 16 April 2021 he was convicted following a fourday trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court of carrying out a sexual assault on a woman that took place at the residence of fellow actor Scott Reid in Kelvindale Glasgow between 30 September and 1 October 2017 On 14 May 2021 he was sentenced to three years in prison and was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely An attempted appeal of his conviction was rejected in November 2021 Guthrie was released from HM Prison Dumfries in May 2022 having had the term reduced to two years following a successful appeal to cut his prison time He failed however in attempting to have his conviction quashed