Man who raped his daughter jailed

A man has been jailed for nine years for the rape of his daughter who later took her own life.

James Elder, 43, raped 19-year-old Jamie-leigh Craig at his flat in Glasgow’s Parkhead in September 2016.

The teenager told her mother what had happened and the next day told police her father was her attacker. She killed herself three months later.

Lord Matthews said: “For a father to assault his daughter in this way is unthinkable.”

Elder was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow last month following a trial.