Evil sex beast jailed for at least 18 years
A sex predator has been jailed for at least 18 years for the rape and murder of a mum in her own home.
David Hose, 30, preyed on vulnerable Kirsty Robertson at the property in Ayr in the early hours of October 20, 2019.
The 29 year-old was discovered that morning lying naked on a couch by neighbours.
Hose, whose picture we can’t publish for legal reasons, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday.
He was found guilty last month of the rape and murder of Kirsty after a trial.
Prosecutors stated Hose pressed Kirsty’s neck, forced her head into a couch leaving her face down causing her breathing to be restricted.
Judge Simon Collins QC jailed Hose for life.
He told Hose: “You assaulted and raped Kirsty Robertson in the living room of her home while she was intoxicated with alcohol.
“If that was not appalling enough, her children have suffered the loss of their mother.”
Hose had been separately convicted of raping a second woman at another house in Ayr in June 2017.
Judge Collins sentenced him to five years for that attack to run concurrently to the 18 years.
Hose and Kirsty had been drinking with friend Shona Harbison, 36, the
night before her death.
He had been due to stay the night there.
Shona stated Kirsty was “passed out” on the sofa when she left the house at 1.30am.
Shona was later woken up by Hose later that day at her own house.
The witness told jurors: “He told me that Kirsty was dead and I did not believe him.
“I was trying to take it in and understand as I saw her a couple of hours ago and she was fine.”
Jurors were shown a text message Kirsty’s friend Stephanie King, 27, was sent by Hose on the morning of her death.
Hose stated: “When I left this morning, I thought she was sleeping but maybe she was dead, I don’t know.”
The killer later said to her: “I don’t know what the f*** happened after I left, I wish I was there.”
Pathologist Dr Julie McAdam - who examined the mum’s body - marked the cause of death as “unascertained”.
Kirsty was found to be the equivalent of eight times over the drink-drive limit.
Prosecutors said Hose took advantage of the mum who was described as “intoxicated, unconscious and incapable of giving consent”.
Hose had earlier raped a 28 year-old woman after she had also been drinking with the killer at a house in Ayr in June 2017.
The witness said her last memory was watching Ayr United videos on YouTube with him.
Prosecutor Miss MacDonald asked how she felt when she woke up.
The woman replied: “Dizzy and sore, I had not put anything together yet.
“I do not remember anything...how I was in bed or why I was naked.”
The woman stated Hose refused to answer if they had sex and she later told a relative she thought she had been raped.
Hose also allegedly raped a third woman between June and December 2018 in Ayr, but jurors returned a not proven verdict on that allegation.