Joiner locked up and put on register

A judge commended the survivors of rape attacks at the hands of a Fife man who she jailed for seven years.

Lady Poole praised the two women for coming forward to testify against Raymond Anderson at his earlier trial.

She said: “They are to be commended for their courage in coming to give evidence against you and revisit traumatic experiences in their lives.

“You raped and sexually-penetrated your victims.

“They deserved to be treated by you with kindness and respect. Instead you appear to have been fixated on your own sexual desires and fantasies.

“Both of your victims described pain as a result of your abuse. That did not stop you.

“You went ahead and did what you wanted for your own sexual gratification, regardless of what it cost your victims.”

The judge told Anderson at the High Court in Edinburgh: “It is clear your offences have had a profound effect on your victims.”

Lady Poole said that on the positive side Anderson had recently completed a programme for men designed to address abuse as a result of a community payback order imposed on him in another case.

She said she noted he also has a good work record but added that a conviction for such serious sexual offences had to attract a jail sentence.

Anderson, 48, a joiner, formerly of Church Street, West Wemyss had earlier denied a string of charges during a trial but was found guilty of three charges of rape and one of assault.

The sex offending began in 2013 and continued at addresses in Fife until 2018.

Anderson was also placed on the sex offenders register.