CHIRNSIDE RAPIST JAILED AT HIGH COURT IN GLASGOW
A BERWICKSHIRE man convicted of two counts of rape and an indecent assault has received a seven-year prison sentence at the High Court in Glasgow.Forty-one-year-old Owen McLaren, from Chirnside, was also given a two-year extended sentence for the offences involving two females who were teenagers at the time.
He had been found guilty of charges of assault, rape and sexual assault, indecent assault and also assault and rape following a week-long trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
The custodial sentence was back-dated to September 3, 2025, when McLaren was first remanded in custody.
McLaren was also made subject to the notification requirements of the Sexual Offences Act for an “indefinite” period.