Fife rapist left 15-year-old girl ‘unrecognisable’ after brutal attack

A girl snatched from the streets of Dunfermline and repeatedly raped was “unrecognisable” after the terrifying ordeal.

Mark Armstrong has been told he faces life in jail after the brutal and prolonged attack on his 15 year-old victim.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard the teenager was given nothing to eat and only one drink as she suffered 32 hours of abuse.

She suffered such horrendous facial injuries that officers who had previously released photos of her as part of a missing persons inquiry could not recognise her.

The girl had been returning home from a sports practice session when Armstrong pounced.

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