Five years in jail for rapist who left victim ready to jump from 12th floor window
Shaun Phillips attacked the woman as she slept at his flat in East Kilbride
A rapist left his victim so traumatised she thought about leaping from a twelfth floor window to escape.
Shaun Phillips preyed on the sleeping woman at his flat in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire on February 27 2021.
The 26 year-old is now behind bars after he was jailed for five years at the High Court in Glasgow today.
Phillips had been found guilty of rape after a trial in Lanark last month.
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Sentencing, Judge Douglas Brown said the predator had "took advantage" of the woman while having "complete disregard" the impact the attack would have on her.
He added: "When she awoke...she considered jumping out the window of your twelfth floor flat."
The victim had been described as "scared, shaking and constantly crying" after her ordeal.
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Phillips was also put on the sex offenders list indefinitely.
Prosecutors stated Phillips pounced on the woman while she was intoxicated, asleep and unable to consent.
His lawyer today/yesterday told the hearing the rapist had the support of his brother, who had attended court.
Marco Guarino, defending, added: "He has maintained his innocence.
"However, he has asked me to indicate that, while this is so, he does accept the finding of the jury."