An asylum seeker was jailed for seven years today after inflicting "incalculable" damage on a woman he subjected to a rape attack.

Walid Nasir, 24, sexually assaulted the victim at a flat on the Southside of Glasgow after taking off her underwear.

The Syrian national, who fled his homeland to escape conscription into the military, attacked and raped the woman when she fell asleep and was incapable of consenting.

Nasir denied raping the woman at an earlier trial but was convicted of committing the attack on July 17 in 2022 after taking her to the flat. He committed the offence after being freed on bail at Glasgow Sheriff Court a year earlier.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard that he continues to maintain his innocence of the sex crime.

A judge told him: "You have been convicted of a very serious offence. You took advantage of a vulnerable woman."

Judge Thomas Welsh KC told the sex attacker that he had shown no remorse following the rape.

He said: "The damage that you did is incalculable. The victim impact statement shows how deep and lasting the effects of your conduct will be."

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The judge said: "You are assessed as a high risk of further sexual offending. A custodial sentence is inevitable."

Defence solicitor advocate Gary Miller said that Nasir's father died after being shot in his vehicle in conflict stricken Syria.

He said: "His mother raised the money to send him to the UK to prevent forced conscription into the Army."

He said Nasir has used his time in Glasgow "fairly productively" and was supported by the youth asylum team over accommodation. He has engaged the services of an immigration solicitor.

"He understands how serious this is and always has. The thought of a lengthy prison sentence being imposed on him terrifies him," he said.

Nasir, who has been held in prison since last year, was told that he will be placed on the sex offenders' register indefinitely following sentencing.