A depraved Edinburgh man has been convicted of carrying out a horrific sexual attack on a victim who he preyed on in the back of a van at a local beach.

Paul Kernachan stood trial at the High Court of Edinburgh this week where a jury found him guilty of rape and also three counts of indecent behaviour towards a second victim aged between 12 and 16.

The 59-year-old committed the sickening crimes between 1993 to 1999.

Between January 1, 1993 and December 23, 1994, Kernachan raped a woman within a van parked at a wooded area near Silverknowes Beach in Edinburgh.

Kernachan seized the woman by the body, pushed her into a van, pushed her to the floor, removed her lower clothing, seized hold of her head and subjected her to the horrific assault.

Following the ordeal Kernachan also "uttered t

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