Rapist attacked two girls on Dundee waste ground


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Thomas Hunt, 21, was found guilty of raping two teenage girls, aged 14 and 15, in Dundee, Scotland. The attacks occurred at a waste ground near Lochee Burn and at a city care home in 2021.

Rape Convictions

  • Hunt was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl at the waste ground in August 2021.
  • He was also convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl at the same location in 2021, on his 18th birthday. The girl was intoxicated and incapable of consenting.
  • Additional charges include sexual assault and compelling the 14-year-old to send explicit images.

Sentencing

Hunt was remanded in custody pending sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow next month. The judge was Alistair Watson.

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A 21-year-old has been remanded in custody after being found guilty of raping two teenage girls in Dundee.

Thomas Hunt attacked the youngsters, aged 14 and 15, at an area of ground by Lochee Burn, near the NCR building, in 2021.

One of the girls was also sexually assaulted by Hunt at a care home in the city.

Hunt was convicted by a jury of seven different charges at the High Court in Dundee and is now awaiting sentencing.

He was found guilty of pushing the 14-year-old girl against a wall in the city care home and committing a sex attack on her on an occasion between January 28 and August 18 2021.

During the same time period, Hunt, of Park Avenue, compelled her to send partially naked images of herself.

Jurors convicted him of raping her on an occasion in August 2021 at the area of ground near Lochee Burn.

The girl was injured as a result of Huntโ€™s attack.

Second rape victim

He was found guilty of asking two other girls, aged 15 and 16, to send naked images of themselves over social media between June 18 and August 31 2021.

At the same area of ground, a 15-year-old girl โ€“ who was drunk and incapable of giving consent โ€“ was raped by Hunt in 2021, on his 18th birthday.

Weeks earlier, he had communicated indecently with her by sending her messages of a sexual nature.

Following the juryโ€™s verdict, judge Alistair Watson remanded Hunt in custody ahead of sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow next month

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