24th September
Rapist insisted any sexual activity with the vulnerable girl was consensual
A local taxi driver who raped a 16-year-old girl he had picked up as a fare has been jailed for nine years.
The 60-year-old was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
Meenan – a first offender – had earlier been convicted of raping the girl in Dumbarton on April 7, 2023.
The predator had insisted any sexual activity with the vulnerable girl was consensual.
The judge stated: “You have no comprehension whatsoever of the devastating effect that this has had on the victim.”
Meenan was also put on the sex offenders list indefinitely. He was further banned from approaching or contacting the girl.
Sean Templeton, defending, said: “He accepts that his actions were misjudged.
“He has said that he regrets the whole evening. He wants to say sorry to the court and to the victim for what happened.
“It was a grave error in terms of his judgement of things.”