Multiple rapist is warned of long jail term

A serial rapist faces a lengthy jail sentence for attacks on three women in Aberdeen and Fife.

Daniel Malone preyed on sleeping women at addresses in the northeast city and Dysart.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard he had left one of his victims in a “terrible” state after she was left outside the front door following an altercation at a flat in Aberdeen.

A friend of the woman, who was in contact with her through the Facetime app, said: “She landed on the floor.” Then Malone threw out a pair of a shoes and a £10 note.

The witness said the woman later told her Malone had raped her in a bedroom at the flat.

Malone denied a series of charges during his trial but was convicted of two offences of rape committed in 2019 and 2020.

He had earlier raped another woman on two occasions between January 2008 and May 2009 at addresses in Aberdeen and Dysart, when she was sleeping.

His third victim was raped and twice sexually assaulted in Aberdeen between June and September 2020.

Judge Alison Stirling said : “It is inevitable he is going to be sentenced to a lengthy period in custody.”

Malone, who has previous convictions for assault, was placed on the sex offenders register and was remanded in custody, pending the preparation of reports.

The case was heard at the High Court of Edinburgh.