Rapist soldier breached order after relationships with two vulnerable victims

A FORMER soldier who was caged for raping two women six years ago has been jailed again after he admitted to having illicit sexual relationships with two vulnerable victims

Shaun Jewiss, 48, was convicted of two rapes and a sexual assault following a High Court trial in Livingston in 2014.

Shaun Jewiss, 48, was convicted of two rapes and a sexual assault following a High Court trial in Livingston in 2014.

The jury heard Jewiss streamed the one of the sickening sex attacks over the internet after he had trawled dating sites looking for partners who were into ‘kinky sex’.

Jewiss, who was a corporal in the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and completed tours of Iraq in 2003 and 2008, was jailed for more than two years.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court

He was also placed on a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) in 2016 and among the conditions he was banned from having relationships with women without gaining permission.

Jewiss, from Loanhead, Midlothian was also told he cannot access the internet and must not delete internet history or texts from mobile devices.

But the pervert has admitted breaching the SOPO conditions by meeting up with two women on the internet dating site Badoo.

Jewiss had a three-year sexual relationship with one woman, who was described as having learning difficulties, at a hotel in Penicuik, Midlothian.

Jailed: Shaun Jewiss

He also went on to date a second woman, who is also described as vulnerable, at an address in nearby Gorebridge earlier this year.

Edinburgh Sheriff Court was told Jewiss had even asked the second victim to marry him during their short time together

Jewiss pleaded guilty to three offences when he appeared by video link at the capital court.

Prosecutor Rosie Cook said the SOPO was imposed on Jewiss in September 2016 and as part of the order police officers attended at his address to check up on him in May this year.

The officers discovered “sexual messages and intimate photos” between Jewiss and the first woman stored on his phone.

Jewiss admitted having a relationship with the woman after meeting her on the dating site in March 2017.

The fiscal said a second victim was also identified and she confirmed the couple had met at her home and there had been “a degree of sexual contact” between them.

Ms Cook added both women, who cannot be identified due to legal reasons, were described as “vulnerable” and the second victim was registered disabled.

Jewiss was also found to further breached his SOPO by deleting text messages from the women on his mobile phone.

Ross Gardener, defending solicitor, said his client had served in the British Army for 22 years and had been on tours in Iraq, Kuwait and Northern Ireland.

Mr Gardner added Jewiss had been diagnosed with PTSD and had been held in custody for the past ten weeks.

Sheriff Donald Corke remanded Jewiss in custody and deferred sentence for reports to be prepared to later this month.

Jewiss pleaded guilty to entering into a relationship with a woman without informing the police at the Royal Hotel, Penicuik, Midlothian, between March 1, 2017 and March 10 this year.

He also admitted a similar charge with a second woman between February 1 and May 28 this year.

And he pleaded guilty to a third charge of deleting texts and other communications from a mobile phone between January 1, 2019 and May 28 this year.

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