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BEAST PREYED ON WOMEN IN MULTIPLE ASSAULTS
Edward Young targeted woman when he was just 13
A sick Airdrie predator will be sentenced next month after he was convicted of appalling sexual assaults on three women in the town.
Edward Young, 34, took advantage of one woman while his then-partner was back at their flat, with his devastated victim only realising something was very wrong when she woke up naked the next morning.
Young also raped a previous girlfriend and committed a sex attack on a mother when he was just 13-years-old.
The horrific offences all took place in Airdrie between 1999 and 2012.
He was convicted of two rape charges and a separate crime of indecent assault following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow last Friday.
Young’s defence lawyer, Paul Nelson, put to him in court: “People may think you are a bit of a rat having sex with a woman while your partner was at home.”
Young responded: “I accept that”, while claiming his victim had agreed to have sex with him.
A vile sex predator from Airdrie who preyed on a woman in his home town after claiming to be a Good Samaritan has been convicted of rape and indecent assault.
Edward Young, 34, took advantage of the victim while his then lover was back at their flat.
The 46 year-old mum – who had earlier fallen ill – was only aware something may have happened when she woke up naked the next morning.
Young struck, having raped a previous girlfriend as well as carrying out a sex attack on a woman when he was just 13.
He was convicted of the crimes – which all took place in Airdrie and occurred between 1999 and 2012 – on Friday following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Young was remanded in custody pending sentencing next month.
The 46 year-old woman had earlier been at Young’s flat with others in August 2012. She recalled feeling “unusually” sick after drinking some Rose wine.
The victim told prosecutor Tony Graham QC: “I do not remember leaving ... absolutely no recollection.
“The next memory I have is waking up the next day in my house.”
She felt “not right” and that something sexual may have happened.
The woman immediately got in contact with her partner, who recalled her “upset and crying”.
He immediately told her to call the police.
DNA linked Young to being at the flat.
He claimed the woman had been “fine” and consensually agreed to having sex with him twice that night.
Young said he had earlier walked the victim back to her house from his late at night.
His lawyer, Paul Nelson, put to him: “People may think you are a bit of a rat having sex with a woman while your partner was at home.”
Young responded: “I accept that.” He knew he had “done the dirty” on his now ex. But, prosecutors instead said that Young had “taken a liberty” with the vulnerable mum.
Young had earlier raped a previous girlfriend – then a teenager – in January 2004.
This victim told jurors: “I said I did not want to do this, but he said it would be alright and I would be OK.”
Young was only a schoolboy when he was first struck in late 1999.
A woman was lying in bed next to her child when she became aware of being touched inappropriately.
She told the trial: “I threw myself out of bed and he said, ‘are you OK?’
“I was saying, ‘what are you doing here?’ He was like a rabbit in the headlights.”
Young had denied the charges.
He was convicted of two rape charges and a separate crime of indecent assault.
Judge Lorna Drummond QC remanded him in custody pending sentencing next month in Edinburgh.