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A former postman from Renfrew who raped a woman on her birthday was jailed for six years yesterday.

Nairn Sharp, 28, pulled down the victim’s lower clothing during the sex attack on the 20-year-old at a flat in the Partick area of Glasgow.

A judge told Sharp at the High Court in Edinburgh: “Standing the gravity of this matter, it is clear only a significant custodial disposal is appropriate.”

Lord Arthurson noted that the first offender was 23 at the time of the crime and was assessed as posing a low risk of further sexual offending.

Sharp, formerly of Anderson Drive, had earlier denied assaulting and raping the woman on December 8 in 2020 but was convicted of the offence by a jury at the High Court in Glasgow.

During the sex attack on the victim, Sharp bit her and mol

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