Man raped woman and fractured her skull after finding out she was in new relationship

A financial advisor who was physically and sexually violent to a woman has been jailed for seven years.

Christopher McDonald repeatedly tormented his victim leaving her traumatised by her ordeal.

The attacks included the 45-year-old raping her and also fracturing her skull when he discovered she was in a new relationship.

The first offender had denied the accusations during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

But, jurors found him guilty of a total of three charges.

He was convicted of engaging in a course of abusive behaviour which included violently having sex with the woman “without her consent” in August 2022 and punching her on the face the same day.

The other charges were two counts of acting in a threatening manner.

Describing the most serious incidents, Judge Douglas Brown told McDonald: “In the early hours, you awoke her from her sleep and got into bed beside her.

“She got out and tried to get out the room, but you grabbed her.

“You pinned her down on the bed and raped her.”

The hearing was told McDonald, of Newton Mearns, flew into a rage again later that day when he found out the woman was seeing someone else.

Judge Brown: “You punched her in the face with such force it caused severe injury in form of fractured skull and facial bones.”

He added the victim had been abused in her own home “where she was entitled to feel safe”.

The judge told McDonald: “Your behaviour has caused her substantial and enduring psychological harm.

McDonald was put on the sex offenders list and banned from going near the woman – both for an indefinite period.

Gary Allan KC, defending, said the attacker maintained his innocence. A clutch of testimonials from those who knew McDonald had earlier been given to Judge Brown.

The advocate added McDonald’s life was also in “tatters” whatever the jail-term would be.