Man jailed for 'deeply damaging' rape

A man found guilty of raping a woman has been jailed for seven years.

Don Webley, 43, from Westhill, Aberdeenshire, was earlier convicted of the attack at his then home in Edinburgh in September 2022.

He was acquitted of attempting to murder her.

At the High Court in Edinburgh Judge Michael O'Grady KC said the ordeal was "deeply distressing and damaging" for the victim.

The court heard the woman had run into the street in tears, and a passer-by called 999.

Webley had claimed in a special defence that the sexual activity was consensual.

Defence solicitor advocate Marco Guarino said that while maintaining his innocence, Webley had to accept the verdict of the jury.

He said that Webley had previously been working offshore as deck crew in the North Sea.

The judge ordered Webley to be supervised for a period of three years following his release.

He was also placed on the sex offenders register for life.