Serial rapist flouted strict sex offence order to contact two women and young girl while behind bars

A serial rapist flouted a strict sex offence order by contacting two women and a girl from behind bars.

Edward Moir was jailed for seven years in 2014 for attacks on three vulnerable females in Elgin, Moray and MacDuff, Aberdeenshire.

The 34 year-old – who once claimed to be a “new kind of monster” – was later made subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) in January 2023.

He had earlier been locked up again for sending what was described as a “disgusting” letter to a woman while in jail for the rapes.

These latest crimes occurred while he was in HMP Edinburgh in 2024.

Prosecutor Vish Kathuria told the High Court in Glasgow that the police and prison authorities became aware of phone contact which breached the terms of Moir’s SOPO.

Moir had been in touch with one woman dozens of times between March and June of that year.

He had also been in contact with a five-year-old girl around that time.

There had been nearly 30 calls to the number of another woman, which eventually led to her blocking him.

Moir was this week brought from HMP Grampian to appear in the dock to admit three charges of breaching the SOPO.

Lord Colbeck stated – having read and heard the narrative of facts in the case – that he was not convinced there was “a substantial sexual element” in the offences.

The court heard prosecutors are considering applying for Moir to be hit with an Order for Lifelong Restriction.

They have delayed making a decision on that and are expected to update the judge when the case calls again next month.

Lord Colbeck deferred sentencing for reports and Moir remains in custody meantime.

Moir had raped three women during attacks between 2010 and 2013.

He was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Aberdeen.

In 2021, Moir was guilty of indecently communicating with a woman who he barely knew.

In the letter it included him asking her to be his “secret lover”.

Moir also chillingly stated prison had “turned him into a new kind of monster”.

The woman was said to be “absolutely disgusted” and contacted police.