Father and son guilty of raping teenager

Hugh Mullen was jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh

A father who raped a teenage girl with his son has been jailed for nine years .

Hugh Mullen, 41, and Cameron Mullen, 21, committed multiple rapes against the 16-year-old victim, while she was intoxicated with alcohol.

A judge told Hugh Mullen at the High Court in Edinburgh: "Rape is always a serious crime with devastating consequences for the victim."

Lord Lake said: "Your victim was young and clearly vulnerable. She was drunk, very drunk, and unable to look after herself. You took advantage of that."

The judge pointed out that the teenager was raped multiple times and added: "It would have been a terrifying ordeal."

He said that a victim impact statement showed that the consequences of the crime "are continuing and are significant".

The judge also said Mullen has shown no remorse.

Mullen and his son both denied raping the girl but were found guilty of carrying out the attack at a house in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, on 11 April 2023.

They took the girl to the address after meeting her in Perth city centre.

She said was socialising with friends and drinking before the attack. She said she could remember being on a bus before being taken to a house in Blairgowrie.

The father was also found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice on 12 April 2023 at police headquarters in Dundee.

Hugh Mullen told the court that the sexual assault allegations levelled at him were "total lies".

Defence counsel Mark Stewart KC said Mullen continued to deny committing the rape, adding: "I accept this is a very serious offence."

He acknowledged that Hugh Mullen has "a significant criminal record" which includes theft and serious assault charges but not previous sexual offending.

He was placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely following sentencing.

Cameron Mullen, who is on remand at Polmont young offenders' institution, will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow in February.