Man who showed 'no remorse' for raping vulnerable stranger jailed

A man who sexually assaulted and raped a vulnerable stranger has been jailed for seven years.

Dylan McGregor, 31, attacked his victim at a flat in the Springburn area of Glasgow.

McGregor earlier denied committing the attack during a trial but was found guilty of sexually assaulting and raping the victim on April 8, 2022.

A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: “You have been convicted of a very serious offence against the complainer, who was in a vulnerable position at the time, and a stranger to you when you raped her.”

Judge Thomas Welsh KC said: “You gave evidence and denied you committed the offence, but the jury believed your victim and convicted you.”

The judge said that McGregor, from Glasgow, has shown “no remorse or victim empathy” in the wake of the sex crime.

He added that the harm McGregor caused by committing the offence continues for the victim.

The judge ordered that to protect the public from serious harm, McGregor should be under supervision for a further three years in the community when he will be on licence and can be returned to jail if he breaches its conditions.

Defence solicitor advocate Calum Weir said that McGregor continued to adopt the position he took at trial of denying the offence.

He said the risk posed by McGregor was assessed as “medium” and asked the judge to be as lenient as possible in the circumstances.

The judge made a non-harassment order banning the rapist from contacting or attempting to contact the victim indefinitely.

McGregor, who followed the sentencing proceedings via a TV link to prison, was told he will be on the sex offenders’ register for an indefinite period.