Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Inverness man admits raping teenager and sexually assaulting another

Livingston High Court
Livingston High Court

An Inverness teenager has been convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl and sexually assaulting a disabled young woman with a borderline learning disability.

Connor MacKinnon, 19, pled guilty to the rape and two sexual assaults on the morning he was due to stand trial on 20 offences at the High Court in Livingston.

His not guilty pleas to 16 further alleged sex offences and one physical assault were accepted by the prosecution.

Judge Lord Burns called for information about the accused’s earlier convictions, a social work background report and an assessment of the risk he poses to the public and adjourned the case for sentence at Edinburgh High Court on May 8.

MacKinnon, who is from Inverness but currently on remand at Polmont Young Offenders’ Institution near Falkirk, admitted forcibly raping the 15-year-old girl in his bedroom at Eildon House homeless unit between June 1 and August 4 last year.


>> Keep up to date with the latest news with The P&J newsletter


Advocate depute Jane Farquharson told the court that the pair went to his accommodation to charge her phone.

She said the rape ordeal lasted “a matter of seconds” because McKinnon immediately backed off, when the girl reacted by lifting up her knees.

Later, she and her male friend walked past the accused by chance and she burst into tears.

The matter was reported to police two days later on August 7 last year.

The advocate depute said that at the time of the rape, MacKinnon had been freed on bail after appearing in court in relation to two earlier attacks on the “easily led” and “socially immature” girl with learning difficulties, who was 17 at the time.

He admitted sexually assaulting the girl at Vue cinema in Inverness on December 22 2017 when her mother, who was chaperoning, went to the toilet.

MacKinnon was placed on the sex offenders’ register in February last year after being convicted in January that year of three sexual assaults involving 13-year-old girls.

He was originally put on a community payback order with three years supervision and strict conditions about contacting children under the age of 16 but breached the order and was sentenced to six months detention.

John Keenan, defending, highlighted that the guilty pleas had avoided six vulnerable complainers from having to give evidence, adding that he would reserve his plea in mitigation until sentencing.