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| Nine years for city siege rapist | Nine years for city siege rapist |
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| A serial sex offender who raped a door-to-door saleswoman at knifepoint during a 13-hour siege has been jailed for at least nine years. | |
| A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh also warned Sean McKay he would only be released when he was no longer thought to pose a risk to the public. | |
| McKay, 41, held his 27-year-old victim prisoner at his flat in Edinburgh's Abbeyhill on 23 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 after earlier admitting raping his victim and holding her against her will. | |
| The court had heard that McKay met the woman, who cannot be named, in the Sea Breeze cafe near his flat. | |
| She later went to his property because she thought he wanted to buy some art. | |
| You have accepted responsibility for a very serious offence Judge Lord Kinclaven | |
| 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. |
| Judge Lord Kinclaven imposed a life-long restriction order - a form of life sentence to ensure close supervision after an offender is freed. | Judge Lord Kinclaven imposed a life-long restriction order - a form of life sentence to ensure close supervision after an offender is freed. |
| He ordered McKay to spend an minimum of nine years behind bars before he can be considered for release. | He ordered McKay to spend an minimum of nine years behind bars before he can be considered for release. |
| The judge told him: "You have accepted responsibility for a very serious offence. | The judge told him: "You have accepted responsibility for a very serious offence. |
| "The responsibility for that offence is yours." | "The responsibility for that offence is yours." |
| Solicitor advocate Robbie Burnett, defending, told how "warning bells" should have sounded louder as McKay's mental condition worsened during the days before the rape. | |
| "For two weeks prior to the offence he reported to his psychiatrist that he could hear transient whispering voices, sometimes a male voice laughing hysterically," said Mr Burnett. | |
| Serious offence | |
| Just before the rape the voices told him to kill the woman. | |
| McKay was stressed, unable to eat and had stopped taking his medication, the court heard. | |
| "Although there were concerns about McKay's behaviour there were no indications he would go on to commit such a serious offence," said Mr Burnett. | |
| Advocate Depute Alex Prentice QC, prosecuting, told the court previously: "He told her that people were following him and wanted to do bad things to him. | |
| "The complainer was shocked and terrified." | |
| The court heard that in 1996 McKay was jailed for eight years for a sex attack on a 16-year-old boy, who was also held prisoner in McKay's flat. | |
| And in 1991 McKay was given a five year sentence when another sex attack on a teenage boy sparked a massive 16-hour police siege. | |
| McKay threatened to shoot a hostage as officers prepared an SAS-style attack using tear gas and stun grenades. | |
| Psychiatrists had previously found him to be suffering from eight personality disorders, the court heard. |