iStockA sex offender repeatedly raped an adult woman and sexually assaulted a young girl.
Allan McCullough attacked his victims in Broxburn, in West Lothian, between January 2016 and September 2018.
The 38-year-old had denied a series of charges during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh but was convicted by a jury of two crimes on majority verdicts.
He was found guilty of assaulting and raping a woman at an address in the town on various occasions when she was asleep and incapable of giving or withholding consent between January 2016 and September 2018.
On some occasions, McCullough continued with the attack after the woman had woken from sleep.
McCullough was also found guilty of sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 at a house between January 2016 and September 2017 when the child was pretending to be asleep.
After the jury returned its verdicts, defence solicitor advocate Iain McSporran KC said McCullough understood the gravity of the offences and that only a custodial sentence would be considered by the court.
First offender McCullough was on bail during his trial but was remanded in custody following his conviction.
The trial judge, Thomas Welsh KC, adjourned sentence until next month for the preparation of a background report on him and placed him on the sex offenders’ register.
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