The man who raped him on the girl, 12 years old, in Edinburgh Woods, then told him not to tell anyone for five years

A man who attacked and raped a 12-year-old girl in an wooded area and instructed her not to tell others for five years.

Pedophile Andrew McMahon, 69, underwent the victim of the child of sexual aggression on two occasions in Edinburgh in the summer of 2023.

McMahon, currently a prisoner, denied a number of accusations during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, but was found guilty of committing two rapes against the school.

He first attacked the girl at a house in the Grandton area of ​​the city, between March 28 and August 17, in 2023.

McMahon then attacked him on the girl for the second time on August 18 that year, when he took it in a wooded area, pushed it to the ground and became sexually assaulted.

The rapist told the victim of his child not to tell anyone and threatened it after subjected to sexual abuse.

A jury returned the guilty verdicts against the sexual offender last month and Judge Alison Stiring Delayed sentence for the court to obtain reports

She warned McMahon that she would go to prison for her crimes. She added: “Inevitably, what will happen is that there will be a custody punishment.”

On Friday, the case called again for conviction. McMahon, initially from Edinburgh, observed procedures through the video link, while withdrawn at the end of the last hearings.

Defense lawyer, Kenneth Cloggie, told Judge Stirling that his client claimed that he had done nothing wrong.

Mr. Cloggie added: “Although he maintains the position he had in the trial, we must hope that he will be hired with the specialized interventionist programs that will be offered while executing his sentence.”

Passing the sentence, Judge Stirling also told McMahon that he would be supervised by the authorities for two years after his release from arrest.

By placing the register of sex criminals for life, she added: “I took into account everything that was said in your name by Mr. Cloggie.

“The custody part of your punishment will be five years.”