Lanarkshire teen admits raping 12 year-old girl
He committed the offence at a house in Carluke on March 4 and March 8 2017.
Last updated 18th Jan 2019
A 17 year-old who denied raping a 12-year-old and told police: “I'm a virgin,” was caught by DNA evidence.
At the High Court in Glasgow the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted raping a 12-year-old girl twice at a house in Lanarkshire.
He committed the offence at a house in Carluke, Lanarkshire, on March 4 and March 8, 2017.
Prosecutor Graeme Jessop said that the teenager and his victim met on social media and chatted for some time before meeting in person.
Mr Jessop said that on both occasions when the schoolgirl was being raped she told him to stop and the teenager said: “I'm not taking no for an answer.”
The matter was reported to the police after the girl revealed what had happened to a relative.
An internal swab was taken from the girl and the accused's DNA was found on it.
Mr Jessop said: “When he was questioned by police he denied having sex with the girl and told police he was a virgin.”
Solicitor advocate Shahid Latif will give his plea in mitigation next month.
Judge Lord Mulholland deferred sentence on the teenager, who is in custody at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution, until next month for background reports and placed him on the sex offenders' register.