FAIRGROUND WORKER JAILED FOR FIFE RAPE
A fairground worker who raped a sleeping student in a caravan in Fife has been jailed for seven years.The teenager, who was 18 at the time, said she and friends went to Thomas Michalowski's caravan near a showground in Crosshill in March last year.
She reported they drank alcohol before the others left, leaving her alone with Michalowski.
The jury also convicted Michalowski of attempting to rape another 18-year-old student in West Lothian in 2011.
The victim told a jury from behind a screen at the High Court in Edinburgh that she asked Michalowski to stop, which he initially did.
She fell asleep but woke to find Michalowski having sex with her.
Michalowski, from Glasgow, insisted nothing had happened.
However, a jury took only half an hour to find him guilty of raping the student while she was asleep and incapable of giving or withholding consent.
Judge Lord Kinclaven stated Michalowski had committed serious offences against vulnerable teenagers.
The order also extends Michalowski's licence conditions by three years after his sentence.
His solicitor claimed Michalowski maintained his innocence.
