Scottish footballer jailed for brutal assault

Scottish shot subordinate Niall Geany (19) was sentenced contiguous to 3 years and 9 months successful situation for raping a pistillate successful her ain home. The incidental took spot connected March 3, 2024 successful Edinburgh, and the young footballer, who was past playing for the 4th part nine Spartans, faced superior ineligible consequences aft the onslaught successful the victim's bedroom.

According to tribunal and media statements, it each started erstwhile Geany shared a taxi with the unfortunate aft an evening spent with friends. When they arrived successful beforehand of her home, helium asked her to fto him successful truthful helium could complaint his compartment telephone and put a thrust home. However, the concern escalated and Geany tried to person se* with her adjacent though helium knew she had a boyfriend.

His woman told him "no" respective times, but the onslaught continued. 

Although helium aboriginal admitted successful a constabulary interrogation that she told him to "stop", helium did not perceive to her, but raped her and caused injuries.

Subtitle: Court verdict and sentence

Judge Alistair Watson stressed the gravity of the crime: 

“She fto you into her location and enactment her spot successful you that night. You intelligibly committed the transgression of rape. The unfortunate interaction connection details the tremendous interaction your transgression behaviour had connected her. You indispensable recognize that the harm you caused continues to impact her present and volition proceed to impact her physically and mentally. The level of harm you caused is peculiarly high.”

The justice took into relationship that the transgression took spot successful her bedroom, a spot wherever she should person been safe, but added that helium believed Geany “can beryllium rehabilitated and spell connected to pb a pro-social life”. 

As a result, a somewhat shorter condemnation than accustomed was imposed, with him initially serving a condemnation successful a younker situation earlier being transferred to a modular prison. He was besides placed connected the se* offenders’ registry and fixed a harassment bid prohibiting him from having interaction with the unfortunate for an indefinite period.

This lawsuit reminds erstwhile again however superior and hard transgression acts of this benignant are and however overmuch of a people they permission connected the victim, but besides connected nine arsenic a whole.