Serial sex offender with ‘brain illness’ dies in his room at hospice

A serial sex offender who was moved from prison to a hospice to receive end-of-life treatment has died.

Convicted rapist Robert Clyde passed away at about 3pm on Sunday afternoon in his private room at the Marie Curie Hospice in Edinburgh – after being taken there from Saughtonprisonon23august.

He was receiving end of life palliative care for a ‘brain illness’ and had been watched round-the clock by six prison custody guards.

Clyde was originally from 0 Robert Clyde died in Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh Ireland but was living in the Niddrie area when he was caught by police in 2013 after repeatedly raping a woman over two days. Detectives delved into his past and uncovered evidence he began molesting four young girls over a 40-year period starting in 1970.

They also discovered he assaulted two boys – one aged four when the attacks began – for a period of 16 years. Clyde was convicted of 13 charges and was jailed for nine years.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We can confirm that officers were called to the Marie Curie Hospice in Edinburgh around 3.20pm on Sunday 10 September following the non-suspicious death of a 73-year-old man.”