A SEX attacker who blind-folded and raped a young girl is behind bars.

 

Russell Hamilton, of Dalry, Ayrshire, repeatedly abused his victim starting when she was just three years old.

The youngster's ordeal only ended last October when she told her parents.

It lead to Hamilton appearing at the High Court in Glasgow where he pled guilty to rape and two child porn charges.

The 25 year-old first offender was remanded in custody and will learn his fate in March.

The child's family were in court to hear details of the abuse. Many sobbed as the grim facts were read out.

Hamilton preyed on the child between September 2011 and October last year.

He regularly visited the girl's family home - initially in Stenhousemuir and later in Falkirk, both Stirlingshire.

He was trusted with contact with the youngster, but took advantage of that by sexually abusing the child.

Hamilton eventually on one occasion blind-folded her with a T-shirt and raped her.

Hamilton was finally snared last October when his young victim revealed what happened.

The court heard the girl could not settle in her bed and later told family that Hamilton had been touching her.

When police later went to quiz him, he told them: "I know what it's about."

Officers then found a stash of indecent images Hamilton had stored at his then home in Thorsk, Stirling.

This included footage of the young girl - including when she was apparently sleeping.

Hamilton denied to police using any force with the youngster during the abuse.

He claimed what he had done was "always on his mind" prior to being caught.

Judge Lord Burns deferred sentencing for reports until March at the High Court in Aberdeen.