Edinburgh child rapist finally handed life sentence after brave 12th victim comes forward

Michael Buchanan was jailed for nine years in January 2017 for rape and indecency.

However, judge Lord Beckett heard at the High Court in Edinburgh last year that another victim came forward after the 51-year-old was jailed.

During that hearing prosecutor Adrian Stalker said the man told officers how Buchanan subjected him to a series of sexual assaults at a location in Edinburgh.

The victim, who cannot be identified, said the abuse began in 1990 when he was aged four years old and continued for three years.

He told detectives that Buchanan’s behaviour has caused him to have life long trauma.

Mr Stalker said: “The complainer has stated that the abuse has had a profound effect on his mental health.

“He has expressed anger at what has been done to him.”

The story emerged after Buchanan, originally of Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to a charge of subjecting the man to a series of lewd and libidinous practices against between May 1990 and May 1993.