A jury has returned not proven verdicts on charges of rape levelled against a Dundee man.
Michael Morley was freed on bail from the High Court in Dundee after the jury returned its verdicts, by majority, in the second day of deliberations.
The 41-year-old had been accused of drugging and raping two women in the city.
He was acquitted of those charges, as well as sexually assaulting one of the women and giving her an unknown substance.
However, Morley, of Cullen Place, was convicted of a pair of domestic offences.
He was found guilty of throwing one woman’s phone to the ground and damaging it and of verbally abusing a second by calling her a “fat whale”.
Because of previous offending, reports were ordered and he will be sentenced later.
10 previous convictions
Morley had denied seven charges in total.
Both women who claimed to have been raped said they were given Valium and attacked while they had been unconscious.
The court heard Morley has 10 previous convictions at summary level in England and Scotland.
He was convicted in 2017 of stalking a woman, who was not one of the complainers in this case.
Lord Young, addressing Morley, said: “The jury has returned verdicts on two convictions of domestic charges.
“In view of your previous convictions I am not going to impose a sentence today.
“I will call for criminal and social work reports.
“In light of what you have been acquitted of, I am happy to allow your bail order to continue.”
Morley will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on October 14.
