NORTHERN Ireland man has been jailed for six years in Edinburgh for rape. Thomas Connor carried out a brutal attack on the woman at an address in Kirkcudbright in November 2012. The 40-year-old, who has been living in Scotland for several years, was said in court to have left Northern Ireland to get away from "illegal activities". The jury was told that Connor repeatedly punched his 47-year-old victim at the house in Dumfries and Galloway.
Connor - who gave his address as a guest house in King Street, Stranraer - was said to have been fuelled by alcohol and cannabis.