LESLIE MCPHERSON BRANNEY AGAINST HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE

[1] The appellant was convicted at a sitting of the High Court of Justiciary at Glasgow on 26 July 2013 of the following three charges:

(002) on various occasions between 31 March 1994 and 31 March 1997, both dates inclusive, at an address in A, and in car journeys in the A area you LESLIE MCPHERSON BRANNEY did indecently assault K G, born 31 March 1978, c/o Police Services of Scotland, ….. handle her vagina, expose your penis to her, place her hands on your crotch, compel her to handle your penis and masturbate you, push your penis towards her face, place your penis in her mouth, place your hands on the back of her head, penetrate her mouth with your penis and compel her to perform oral sex on you;

(003) on various occasions between 31 March 1991 and 31 March 1997, both dates inclusive, at an address in A, and in car journeys in the A area, you LESLIE MCPHERSON BRANNEY did assault K G, born 31 March 1978, c/o Police Services of Scotland, …… and did remove her clothing, lie on top of her, insert your fingers into her vagina, and penetrate her vagina with your penis and did thus rape her".

[2] On 23 August 2013 the appellant was sentenced, in relation to charge 1, to 20 months imprisonment, in relation to charge 2, to 2 years imprisonment, and in relation to charge 3, to 6 years imprisonment. These sentences were to be served concurrently and to run from the date of sentencing.

[3] In this report the trial judge informs us that the principal Crown witness was the complainer, K G. At time of trial she was aged 35, having been born on 31 March 1978. She was married and lived in Nottinghamshire.