TWO sex attackers who both repeatedly exploited and raped the same young woman have each been jailed for eight years.
Naresh Kumar, 49, and Arjun Singh, 51, preyed on the victim, who was 16 when they first met her.
Jurors heard how Kumar was recorded by the woman being confronted by her about her horror ordeal in 2020.
He callously told her to "f*** off".
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The pair were sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday.
Kumar had earlier been found guilty of two charges of raping the woman between February 7 2012 and March 9 2020.
Singh was convicted of one rape charge - the time span for his attacks starting on New Year's Day 2012 and March 8 2020.
The crimes occurred at two different properties in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
Kumar was further guilty of the attempted rape of a second woman at another house in the town in early March 2018.
Jurors also convicted Singh of sexually assaulting a third woman and sending inappropriate messages to a teenage girl.
These occurred between June 2011 and February 2014 again in Hamilton.
Kumar gave evidence during the trial and claimed the rape victim was "quite old, 19 or 20" when he first met her.
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His KC Louise Arrol put to him: "Not much more than a child was she?"
Kumar: "When she met me, she was around 18 to 20 - a fully grown woman."
The court heard the victim had suffered with a personal issue.
Despite that, both Kumar and Singh took advantage of the woman.
However, Kumar said it was "wrong" that he raped her.
He was quizzed about the phone recording that the victim went on to capture.
Miss Arrol: "The conversation the jury has heard is she put to you that you had raped her.
"You appear to say 'f*** off' to her when she made the allegations. Why say that?"
Kumar: "We had sex and it was with her consent then she was saying I was raping her.
"I was annoyed and said 'f*** off'."
Miss Arrol told the hearing on Thursday that Kumar "maintains a position of denial".
Singh had also denied raping the woman.
His KC Thomas Ross KC said: "His wife is aware of the circumstances of the case and remains supportive of him."
Sentencing, Judge Tony Kelly stated the rape victim was vulnerable and had been supplied with alcohol during the time she was preyed upon.
He added: "There was ample evidence that you exploited her for your own sexual gratification."
Both Kumar and Singh were put on the sex offenders list indefinitely.
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