A FORMER soldier who repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl was today jailed for seven years.
Christopher Rodgers, 28, of 50 Sherry Heights, Cambuslang, was convicted of raping the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, over a six-month period from December 2013 to June 2014.
At the High Court in Glasgow judge Kenneth Maciver QC ordered Rodgers to be monitored in the community for two years after his release from prison because of the risk he poses to the public.
Judge Maciver told Rodgers: "You repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl over a six-month period. You knew she was vulnerable. Sexual intercourse with you was never a matter of choice for her, it was forced upon her.
"The girl says in her victim impact statement she has continuing distress and emotional difficulties because of the crime of rape perpetrated on her."
Defence counsel Dale Hughes said: "He served in the Army and did one tour in Northern Ireland and two tours in Afghanistan.
He suffered from post traumatic stress disorder."
Rodgers was placed on the sex offenders' register.
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