A rapist who subjected a woman to a brutal attack in a city centre despite her pleas was jailed for 11 years today.
Andrew Forbes led the victim into a lane at the side of a pub rather than taking her into a bar for a drink and overpowered her.
During the ordeal the 24-year-old woman pleaded: “Imagine if this was your daughter.” But Forbes (47) ignored her and continued to sexually assault her.
A judge told Forbes at the High Court in Edinburgh: “You pled guilty to a charge of rape. The narrative and the CCTV footage make it clear that this was a violent and sustained rape which continued over a long time and during which the victim struggled in an effort to resist you. Despite that you continued to commit the crime.”
Lord Bracadale pointed out that Forbes had “a very significant previous conviction”. Forbes was ordered to be detained for six years as a teenager for a similar offence.
The judge ordered that the rapist should also be kept under supervision for a further five years.
Forbes, formerly of Polwarth Road, Aberdeen, had earlier admitted raping the woman, who was originally from Lithuania, on August 25 in 2012 at a lane at Castle Street in the city.
The victim had been out drinking with a work party and was joined by her boyfriend during the evening.
Later the couple went their separate ways after her boyfriend wanted to go home and she was keen to stay out.
The woman was joined by Forbes, a former supervisor with a seafood firm, and they tried to get into a number of bars in the city centre, but were refused entry.
They also attempted to get into a casino but door staff turned them away as they were both under the influence of alcohol, he led her to a nearby pub but instead of taking her into the bar he took her to a lane at the side of the premises.
The woman went into the lane thinking that there was a bar at the end of it but then realised it was a dead end.
She began looking for a cigarette lighter and said to Forbes they should get a taxi home. Forbes tried to put his hands up her skirt and she told him “no” and tried to push him away. But he took hold of her and they struggled.
Forbes managed to push the woman to the ground and pinned her down. She continued to struggle with him but he managed to pull her pants off and threw them away.
The woman screamed out for help but he put a hand over her mouth and told her: “let me do it this way or I will do it worse.”
Despite his threats she continued to struggle. She scratched his neck and bit his collarbone. Although she was fearful for her safety and crying she continually pleaded with him to stop.
After the attack the woman stayed on the ground in a state of shock and was frightened at what might happen next.
Another man came into the lane and Forbes ran out and made his way home.
The woman went back to the casino and spoke to door staff and told them she had been raped. They saw she was upset and noticed that her clothing and body were wet and dirty.
Forbes later told police that there was sex between them but “there was no rape”. The incident was captured on CCTV footage.
Defence counsel Gary Allan QC said: “I recognise this is a serious crime committed by someone who at an earlier stage in his life had committed a crime of the same type, although in different circumstances.
But he argued that the judge could take into consideration the expectation that Forbes would apply himself to carrying out programmes made available to offenders in prison.