Three men jailed over Fraserburgh rape
Three Lithuanian men have been jailed for a total of 13 years for raping a woman they met at a Fraserburgh nightclub.
Three Lithuanian men have been jailed for a total of 13 years for raping a woman they met at a Fraserburgh nightclub.
Nerijus Radavicius, 29 and Justinas Gubinas, 22, were convicted of a concerted rape of the 32-year-old woman and filming it on a mobile phone.
Their co-accused Ovidijus Kavaliauskas, 22, was found guilty of raping the woman while she was asleep.
The offences took place in a farmhouse in Fraserburgh, where the three accused were staying, on November 1, 2014.
Yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Armstrong jailed all three for four years and six months each.
He told them: “The crime of which you were convicted – rape – is a grave crime against which all women should be protected.”
All three accused were placed on the sex offenders' register. Kavaliauskas and Gubinas are first offenders.
They were convicted after trial at the High Court in Aberdeen. Jurors there heard that the accused met the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, at a nightclub.
She agreed to go back to their house.
All three denied rape and claimed that the woman had consented to sex with them.
Advocate George Gebbie, representing Gubinas, said: “His position has not changed. He claims it was consensual.”
Advocate Dale Hughes, representing Radavicius, said: “My client said he thought it was consensual. At one point she was talking about 'getting it on.'”
Advocate Derick (correct) Nelson, representing Kavaliauskas, said: “He has shown remorse and regret. He had intercourse with the woman. He says this was while she was almost asleep and in his opinion she was fully consenting. The jury didn't agree with him.”