Teen sentenced for raping 12 year old in Aberdeenshire

A teenager who preyed on a 12 year-old girl while on bail for having underage sex with another youngster has been jailed for more than five years.

Ronan Curtis, 19, struck just a month after he was freed by a sheriff.

He raped the youngster after being with her in a village in Aberdeenshire last July.

Curtis had earlier had sex with a 13 year-old girl after they had been chatting on social media.

He was today sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.

Lord Armstrong jailed him for a total of five years and one month.

The judge said the effect on the rape victim had been “long lasting and significantly detrimental”.

He added: “The crime of rape is a grave one, which all girls should be protected from.”

Curtis, of Dundee, will also be on the sex offenders list indefinitely.

A hearing in Edinburgh was told Curtis believed the girl he raped was 13.

The teenager managed to push him off and flee back to her friends.

The incident with the 13 year-old girl occurred earlier in 2018.

The court heard how the youngster “went into a bedroom” with Curtis and agreed to have sex with him.

Curtis was later arrested. He was charged and freed on bail.

But, a month later he raped the 12 year-old.

Curtis pled guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse between March 1 and May 26 last year at a house in Dundee.

He also admitted raping the 12 year-old on July 28 and 29 last year.

Chris Fyffe, defending, said Curtis claimed what happened was the “worst decision of his life”.