KERR ARMSTRONG

Update 13/05/2026: Kerr Armstrong,26, was found guilty on Tuesday, March 31 of offences including rape and assault and was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh today (May 13).

He was sentenced to six years for serious sexual offences.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… A resident of Penicuik, Kerr Armstrong, originally from Prestonpans, is set to stand trial at Edinburgh High Court on three counts of rape linked to the Borders region.

He also has a history of domestic abuse allegations and was once subject to a non-harassment order.

The legal process continues, with the trial expected to start in March 2026.

—————————————————————————————————— A controlling rapist who repeatedly sexually assaulted a woman and isolated her from friends and family was jailed today.Kerr Armstrong targeted his victim for a course of abusive behaviour during which he shouted, swore and made derogatory and threatening remarks towards her.

Armstrong, 26, subjected the woman to repeated sex crimes during which she was attacked and raped at addresses in the Scottish Borders and at a property in East Lothian.During controlling behaviour he prevented her contacting friends and demanded that she did not speak to other males.She said: "I wasn't allowed friends of the opposite gender and if I spoke to someone of the opposite gender he would accuse me of cheating on him." She said: "I often told him to stop when we were having sex and he didn't stop.""Sometimes it was just easier to give in to him and not put up a fight," she said.During the abuse Armstrong monitored her movements and persistently phoned and sent her messages, demanded to know where she was and who she was with.

He demanded the woman provide passwords to her mobile phone and social media accounts and accessed her phone and read her messages.He threatened he would kill her and any future person she began a relationship with and threatened to make false reports to police concerning her.During some of the sexual assaults perpetrated against the woman he seized her body, restrained her, and groped and molested her.

Armstrong, formerly of Lawrie Drive, Penicuik, in Midlothian, had denied a series of charges during a trial but was found guilty of three offences of rape and a further charge of engaging in a course of abusive behaviour towards the victim.The offending occurred between February 2020 and December 2021 and took place in Hawick, Galashiels and Cockenzie.A judge told him: "By the verdict of the jury you have been convicted of all the charges on the indictment." Lady Ross said: "You will appreciate, of course, that the three charges that relate to the crime of rape are particularly serious."The judge deferred sentence on Armstrong for the preparation of a background report on him.

He was placed on the sex offenders' register and was remanded in custody ahead of sentencing.