FAKE SUICIDE RAPIST GUILTY OF TWO ATTACKS FUGITIVE

Sex monster fled to Spain after preying on his victims

- BY GRANT MCCABE

A DATING site rapist who faked his suicide then fled the country has been convicted of attacks on two women.

James Clacher preyed on his victims in their own home in 2019 and 2020.

The 57-year-old former gym boss then went missing in May 2022 while facing the charges.

Clacher's motor had been found dumped at a car park in Loch Long in Argyll.

There was a suicide note suggesting he planned to commit suicide by going into the water there.

But, instead, it emerged Clacher had eventually escaped the UK before living in Spain.

Amid a fresh manhunt, It was in Nerja in the Costa del Sol that he was eventually traced by Spanish cops in May last year.

He was described as “hanging upside down” on gym equipment on a beach before being hauled back to Scotland to face justice. Clacher was yesterday convicted of two rape charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

He will be sentenced at a later date. Both victims bravely testified against their attacker.