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08.08.2023 - 11:15 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man who raped a teenager five months before her murder has been jailed for 10 and a half years.
Jamie Starrs, 20, assaulted Amber Gibson and raped her while she was either asleep or unconscious at a property in Bothwell in June 2021. Amber, 16, was sexually assaulted and murdered in November 2021 by her brother Connor Gibson - he was convicted last month following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
Starrs was found guilty of raping another teenager in Bothwell in May 2021. Handing Starrs an extended sentence of 10 and a half years in custody and two years of supervision upon release, Judge Thomas Welsh KC noted that he had a "very high risk of sexual violence on release".
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At the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday, he added: "You have been convicted of appalling crimes against two innocent teenage girls and you have been assessed as being of very high risk of sexual violence on release. I am required to take into account your age and difficult upbringing – however, the crimes remain serious and grave, and I will impose an extended sentence.”
He highlighted that he would have ordered 11 years to be served but reduced this slightly to take into account the time Starrs spent on remand. The 20-year-old was also found guilty of breaching bail conditions and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
He has also been placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. Michael Meehan KC, representing Starrs, said while giving a plea in mitigation that because he is under 25 this must be taken into account via sentencing guidelines, and that in this case it reflects that a younger person will have a lower level of maturity than
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