RAPIST GORDON MORNING SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN PAISLEY
A 28-year-old man named Gordon Morning of Burns Drive, Johnstone, who had previously served three years for robbery and had made 15 court appearances for 35 other offences including assault and robbery, was sentenced to nine years in prison at the High Court in Paisley yesterday.The court heard that he raped a woman in Paisley Road, Barrhead, four days after his release from prison on December 30.
The offender had a long criminal history with sentences totaling over ten years for various crimes.
The case highlights his repeated criminal behaviour and the severity of his recent conviction for rape.