A “cruel and cynical sexual predator” who raped two vulnerable men has been jailed for eight years.
Gavin Shand, 45, attacked the man while he was sleeping and raped another victim who was high on heroin in a tent on the banks of the River Clyde.
A judge told Shand he was a “cruel and cynical sexual predator”.
Michael O’Grady KC added: “You have a keen nose for vulnerable victims and a keen eye for opportunity.”
Shand attacked his first victim, who was aged in his 60s, at a house in Inverness between January and August 2022.
The man was sleeping at the time and was unable to give or withhold consent.
The victim told a paramedic who visited him at his home that he woke up to find Shand raping him.
He said Shand told him: “I know you want it.”
Shand also exposed himself while at the home and asked the victim to perform oral sex on him.
“I tried to push him away”
The second victim met Shand Glasgow August 2022.
He said Shand was looking for a place to do drugs and needed help with his problems.
The victim, who was in his 30s, said he considered himself “lucky” during this encounter and offered to take him to an “addict’s den”.
He said he passed out after injecting heroin and woke up to find Shand performing a sex act on him.
“I tried to push him off of me,” he said.
Shand sexually assaulted and raped the man in a tent on the south bank of the River Clyde near Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The victim described how Shand offered him money and drugs to keep him quiet about the sexual assault.
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Shand had denied a range of charges at an earlier trial but was found guilty of two rapes, two sex offenses and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
A background report noted that Suntech continued to deny responsibility and showed no remorse or concern.
He was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh Thursday.
As well as being sentenced to eight years in prison, he will also be subject to a further four years of supervision once returned to the community.
Shand is also on the sex offenders register.
John Brannigan, defending, told the court Shand’s life had been plagued by drug addiction problems but had been assessed as being suitable for an offender program aimed at making change.
Mr Brannigan accepted custody was the inevitable way the case would be dealt with, to which the judge replied: “We both agree with that.”
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