Man who sexually preyed on boy and raped girl handed tougher jail sentence after appeal
Man who sexually preyed on boy and raped girl handed tougher jail sentence after appeal
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A man who sexually preyed on a young boy and raped a 10-year-old girl has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Crown Office. Ryan Brown, 36, targeted the boy during a walk along an abandoned railway line in East Ayrshire between April 2011 and April 2013.
A court heard how the youngster - who was aged between four and five - was ordered to pull his trousers and underwear down and told to bend over. The victim said Brown exposed himself, which caused him to panic and re-dress in fear of being urinated on.
In his testimony, the boy said he thought Brown was going to "kill him". Brown then went on to rape a 10-year-old girl at a house in East Ayrshire on an occasion between November 2019 and March 2020. Jurors heard how the schoolgirl attempted to punch and kick Brown during the attack but was unable to fend him off.
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Brown denied any wrongdoing but was last June found guilty of raping one child and causing another to participate in sexual activity following a trial at the High Court in Kilmarnock. At the High Court in Glasgow in July, Lord Colbeck jailed Brown for seven years.
