A violent rapist who carried out a campaign of abuse and assault against two women was jailed for 10 years today. Lewis Forbes subjected his victims to repeated brutality at addresses in the Highlands during which he throttled both women, one of whom was the victim of a life-threatening attack. A judge told Forbes, 34, at the High Court in Edinburgh: “You have been convicted of an appalling catalogue of sexual, physical and psychological abuse against two women.
” Judge Michael O’Grady KC said the rapist had controlled his victims through a regime of fear and humiliation. He said that Forbes’ actions spoke “volumes of your cruelty and contempt” not only for them but for women in general. The judge said a background report prepared on Forbes was in his view both “revealing and disturbing”.
He added: “You accept no responsibility, you show no insight and you express no remorse.” Woman throttled He ordered that Forbes, a prisoner, should be monitored for a further three-year period in the community when he can be returned to jail if he breaches the terms of his licence. Forbes had earlier denied a series of charges during a trial at the High Court in Inverness but was convicted of seven offences, including rape, assault and abusive conduct.
One woman was the target for his abuse between October 2020 and October the following year at addresses in Inverness and a location in Dornoch. She was struck on the head and body, dragged along the ground and subjected to .
