Victim snares rapist on mobile phone

A rapist was caught after his victim secretly recorded him confessing to the crime.

Gary Rawlings attacked the 17-year-old girl at a flat in Glasgow’s Thornliebank in late 2016.

She did not disclose her ordeal to anyone – but months later captured the 18-year-old on her mobile phone admitting what he had done.

This included Rawlings claiming he did not think the victim was “serious” when she told him to stop.

Rawlings has now been imprisoned for three years after he pleaded guilty to rape at the High Court in Glasgow.

Judge Norman Ritchie QC said that what happened to the girl had “long lasting consequences” for her.

It emerged Rawlings has already been hit with a lifelong Non-harassment Order not to approach the teenager following separate court proceedings.

The rape occurred after the pair were at a flat in Glasgow’s Thornliebank on a day towards the end of 2016.

The court heard they went on to initially have consensual sex.

But, after a few moments, the girl told Rawlings: “Can we stop?

“I don’t want to do this anymore.”