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A man has been jailed after he committed a 'depraved' act upon a woman who was walking down an alley.

Mihae-Nicolae Patran raped the woman for 40-minutes in an horrific ordeal early in the morning on November 26, 2023.

The victim, who did not know Patran, managed to flee naked from the waist down following the assault.

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Patran, 34, was convicted of the rape last month following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

He was also found guilty of exposing himself to a woman and performing a sex act upon himself on a train between Perth and Stirling on October 22 2023, and of sexually assaulting a female in a courtroom that autumn.

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Judge N McFadyen said that Patran poses a "re

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