A sex attacker from Perthshire who raped a 13-year-old schoolgirl after drinking heavily was jailed yesterday for six years for his “vile and abhorrent” crime.
Binge-drinker John Turnbull, 47, assaulted the girl at a house in Edinburgh.
Lord Woolman said: “Your crime has had traumatic and lasting consequences for the teenage victim.”
Lord Woolman told Turnbull that he would have jailed him for nine years for the offence if he was convicted after trial, but the sentence would be reduced following his earlier guilty plea.
During the attack, the victim asked Turnbull to stop but he ignored her and lay on top of her before raping her.
Turnbull, of Lochearnhead, earlier admitted molesting and raping her on April 29 last year.
Defence counsel Lorraine Glancy told the High Court in Edinburgh that Turnbull had consumed “an amount of alcohol that would be potentially lethal for some people” but he was able to remain conscious.
“His position is that he has no memory whatsoever of the attack,” she said.
John Turnbull was placed on the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.
