Rapist jailed
A former Prestwick airport boss was jailed for six years for raping a woman in his home.
Elliott Summers, 54, of Bellesleyhill Road, Ayr, was found guilty after trial of the rape of a 51- year- old woman on July 15 last year.
A former airport boss was jailed for six years for raping a woman in his home.
Elliott Summers, 54, of Bellesleyhill Road, Ayr, was found guilty after trial of the rape of a 51- year- old woman on July 2017,
Judge Lord Kinclaven told first offender Summers: “You have been found guilty of a serious sexual offence and there is no alternative to a custodial sentence.”
Summers, who was placed on the sex offenders’ register, worked at Prestwick Airport as general manager for air traffic control and then in 2009 became managing director at Norwich Airport in England.
Recently he was working as a practice manager at a GP surgery in Glasgow.
Solicitor advocate Murray Macara QC handed over a dozen testimonials from work colleagues of Summers and said he was highly thought of at work.
He went on: “He worked as an air traffic controller and had senior managerial roles at two airports. During the trial Summers’ victim told how they met online and then she visited his cottage.
She took a bottle of wine for him and bottled water for herself.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she arrived around 7.30pm to 8pm and Summers, who was drunk, grabbed her and forcefully kissed her at the door.
Summers then put his hand inside her bra, made a disparaging comment about her nipples and suggested that she looked older than 51.
She said he took her hand and took her into the bedroom which was pitch black and added: “I tried to push him away with both hands. I repeatedly said ‘ No, this is not happening.”
When Summers fell asleep his terrified victim managed to get out of the bed and get dressed and raised the alarm.
The GP practice in Glasgow where Summers was recently employed as a practice manager said: “His employment was terminated at the end of last month after his conviction for rape.”