A man who raped a vulnerable schoolgirl after she asked him to buy cigarettes was jailed for seven years today.
Daniel Cunningham, 23, met the 14-year-old at a shop and got her to go with him, picking her up and carrying her when she refused to go any further.
Cunningham initially kissed the teenager but then subjected her to an appalling rape ordeal at a wooded area in Hamilton, on July 13, 2019.
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A judge told Cunningham at the High Court in Edinburgh: “Your criminal conduct was both opportunistic and predatory in its nature.”
Lord Arthurson pointed out that the victim was aged 14 at the time and…
