Sex attacker jailed for eight years

A man who raped and assaulted two women in the Highlands has been jailed for eight years.

A judge today told Duncan Begg that he was guilty of “crimes of a vile nature”.

Begg tormented his victim in the early 1990s while living in Wick – including indecently assaulting one when she was pregnant.

The 43 year-old appeared at the High Court in Glasgow after being convicted of a total of eight charges last month.

Judge John Morris QC told him: “You were convicted of a series of serious sexual and violent crimes.

“A substantial custodial sentence is inevitable. The crimes here are of a particularly vile nature.”

Begg – who also uses the name Dreghorn – was also placed on the sex offenders list indefinitely.

A trial in Aberdeen previously heard how Begg raped one woman after pouring a bottle of whisky over her.

He also attacked her while she was pregnant and another occasion when he burned her with a cigarette.

Begg raped another woman having earlier once forced her outside naked.

Begg originally went on trial facing a total of 43 charges – including one accusation of threatening to cook a baby.