Andrew Miller, who abducted a primary school pupil while dressed as a woman before sexually assaulting the girl repeatedly over more than 24 hours, has been jailed for 20 years, reports Sky.
Miller, also known as Amy George, lured the young victim into his car in February this year by offering her a ride home.
The 53-year-old former butcher, who identifies as a transgender woman and is said to be transitioning, instead took the girl to his own home in the Scottish Borders and locked her in his bedroom.
Miller, who the court identified as male, then carried out a series of sexual assaults on his victim over the next 27 hours. He also made her watch pornography.
Passing sentence, Lord Arthurson said: “The narrative of your offending in this case which was read out in court on the occasion of your last appearance was frankly nauseating in its level of depravity and criminal deviance,” reports Sky.
The judge said the abduction as “brazen and chilling”.
Lord Arthurson said: “Your intentions were wicked and predatory, and clearly involved a substantial component of planning,” reports Sky.
He added: “It is a uniquely appalling crime, striking as it does at the heart of family life and indeed the very fabric of our society. It is a crime that brings justifiable universal opprobrium upon the offender and which rightly merits the severest level of punishment properly available to our courts. It is what the public has every right to expect, and today it is what you shall receive,” reports Sky.
In addition to the 20 years in prison, Miller will be on supervised release for eight years after his release from prison.
He was placed on the sex offenders’ register for an indefinite period.
The High Court in Edinburgh was previously told the girl was only able to escape after Miller fell asleep on the second night of her ordeal.
Officers found Miller wearing a bra with silicone breasts, women’s underwear and tights.
Miller pleaded guilty to kidnapping, sexual assault, knowingly exposing a child to sexual images and possessing 242 indecent images of children.
Miller and the victim were not known to each other, reports Sky.
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