Ex-stock car racer jailed for rapes and assaults

A former stock car racer was jailed for seven years yesterday after raping two women during a catalogue of violence against three victims.

Shane Ramsay attacked his first female victim when he was aged 15 forcing his way into a bathroom and butting her on the head. Ramsay, 21, went on to repeatedly rape two women at an address in his home town of Gorebridge, in Midlothian.

One woman told the High Court in Edinburgh that she was “covered in blood” and “felt horrible” after he had sex with her when she had told him she did not want to.

She said she had told him that she was not feeling well so she did not have to have sex with him. She said that during the subsequent sex assault she felt “dirty”.

Ramsay had denied a string of offences at an earlier trial but was found guilty of two charges of rape committed in 2014 and last year and three assaults carried out between 2011 and last year.

One woman was grabbed by the hair and had her head struck off a wall. Ramsay also held a knife to her neck and repeatedly hit her on the leg with a fishing rod. He also kicked the victim while she was holding a baby boy.

Lord Boyd ordered Ramsay to be supervised for another two years and put on the sex offenders’ register.