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Nine years for city siege rapist | Nine years for city siege rapist |
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A sex offender who raped a saleswoman at knifepoint during a 13-hour siege has been jailed for nine years and given a life-long restriction order. | A sex offender who raped a saleswoman at knifepoint during a 13-hour siege has been jailed for nine years and given a life-long restriction order. |
Sean McKay, 41, held his 27-year-old victim prisoner at his flat in Edinburgh's Abbeyhill in January. | |
Armed police were called to the scene and cordoned off the area overnight. | Armed police were called to the scene and cordoned off the area overnight. |
McKay was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday after earlier admitting raping his victim and holding her against her will. | McKay was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday after earlier admitting raping his victim and holding her against her will. |
The woman was selling paintings door-to-door when she was attacked. | The woman was selling paintings door-to-door when she was attacked. |
McKay met her in the Sea Breeze cafe near his Abbeyhill flat on 23 January. She later went to his property because she thought he wanted to buy some art. | McKay met her in the Sea Breeze cafe near his Abbeyhill flat on 23 January. She later went to his property because she thought he wanted to buy some art. |
Once she was in the flat, he produced a large kitchen knife. Over the course of the next 13 hours the woman was raped repeatedly and indecently assaulted. | Once she was in the flat, he produced a large kitchen knife. Over the course of the next 13 hours the woman was raped repeatedly and indecently assaulted. |
The life-long restriction order means he will be monitored by different authorities and bodies for the rest of his life. |