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BBC soap star jailed for nine years for rape shows no reaction as he’s sentenced

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Iain Robertson was convicted of five offences, including domestic abuse

A former soap actor has been jailed for nine years for raping a woman and assaulting two others. Iain Robertson, 45, who played Stevie O’Hara in the BBC’s Scottish soap River City, was convicted of five offences, including domestic abuse, against the women between 2004 and 2019.

Richardson was found guilty last month of a total of five offences against three women between 2004 and 2019.

He raped one of the women some time between 2018 and 2019, and also sexually assaulted her on a separate occasion, reports the Daily Record.

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At Edinburgh High Court on Thursday judge Lady Drummond sentenced the 45-year-old to nine years in prison, plus an additional three-year supervision period.

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He was also added to the sex offenders’ register indefinitely, and made subject to indefinite non-harassment orders.

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Robertson, who was attending via videolink from prison dressed in a blue top, showed no reaction as the sentence was handed down.

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