Vile predator jailed for nearly five years after raping sleeping woman

Sex attacker refused to leave victim’s home

- DAVE FINLAY

Sentenced Predator Maxwell Muirhead (27) was jailed for four years at Edinburgh High Court on Wednesday

A sex attacker who raped a sleeping woman after earlier refusing to leave her home was jailed for four years and 11 months this week.

Predator Maxwell Muirhead (27) assaulted the victim at her home in Perth when she was asleep and incapable of consenting.

A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday that although he was a first offender the offence was so serious there was no alternative to a custodial sentence.

Lady Carmichael said that prior to the rape Muirhead had invited himself in and was unwilling to leave when asked to do so.

The judge told Muirhead, formerly of Cooper Drive, Perth, that he would have faced a five and a half year jail term but for his guilty plea.