Serial abuser raped woman 900 times
Man guilty of reign of terror against 18 victims
A MAN who raped a woman more than 900 times was yesterday convicted of a catalogue of ‘horrific’ abuse.
Brian McTaggart, 53, raped one of his sobbing victims in front of her young daughter.
He also dropped a hairdryer into her bath and kicked her down a flight of stairs.
One another occasion he pushed the woman, now 53, over a banister.
Another rape victim, now 43, was choked and then had her head forced under water.
A third was raped on four occasions as she slept.
McTaggart told his victims: ‘You belong to me. I can do anything I want.’
Yesterday, he was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of a horrific catalogue of sexual and physical abuse against 18 victims.
This included the rape of three women.
He also indecently assaulted teenage girls and boys and physically abused women and teenagers. All the offences were committed in Dundee between 1980 and 2001.
In evidence, the 53-year-old woman raped almost daily by McTaggart said she put up with it because she loved him.
Prosecutor Mark McGuire told the court: ‘He raped her two or three times a week for six years. That’s 936 times.’
He also assaulted victims during a 20-year reign of terror. His violence included battering a woman because she wore his Dundee United top.
McTaggart denied raping his victims and claimed all sex was consensual.
The court was shown a letter he had written to a friend while in prison.
In it, he stated: ‘I never raped anyone, only gave them a hard life. I’ve been told I’ll probably get 15 to 20 years. I’ve hurt a lot of people. I deserve everything I get.’
Mr McGuire said: ‘His sexually depraved conduct blighted lives.
‘He abused, assaulted and took advantage of almost every single person he came across.’
Deferring sentence, Judge Lord Mulholland told McTaggart: ‘Your conduct was deplorable, treating a succession of women as chattels and punchbags.
‘You repeatedly raped three of these women and you have shown no remorse for your sexual crimes.’
McTaggart, who displayed no emotion as he was led to the cells, was placed on the sex offenders’ register and Lord Mulholland told him he was considering imposing an order for lifelong restriction.
He will be sentenced in November.
‘Your conduct was deplorable’