A high risk sex offender who raped an underage girl when he was a teenager was jailed for four years today.
Saif Khan was aged 17 when he sexually assaulted the victim and exposed himself in the presence of the 15-year-old.
Khan, now 21, went on to remove the girl's lower clothing and her bra and subjected her to a rape during an attack at a flat in the Govan area of Glasgow.
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But Khan had previously committed a sex crime when he was aged 12 or 13 when he molested a sleeping 12-year-old girl at another address in Glasgow.
A judge told him at the High Court in Edinburgh: "The harm you have caused is likely to be considerable."
Lady Haldane said that there was no alternative to a custodial sentence given the nature of the offences of which Khan was convicted.
The judge said she took into account his young age at the time of the offending, particularly with his earlier crime.
She ordered that Khan should be under supervision in the community for an further two years when he will be on licence and can be returned to prison if he breaches its conditions.
Khan, formerly of Govanhill Street, Glasgow, denied a series of charges during an earlier trial but was convicted of two sexual assaults and a rape.
The first attack occurred on an occasion between February 11 and July 26 in 2016 at a flat in Govanhill when Khan pulled down the lower clothing of the 12 year old girl when she was asleep and carried out a penetrative assault on her.
The second took place on October 16 in 2020 when he instructed the 15 year old to kiss him and exposed himself before raping the girl, shortly after he turned 17.
The court heard that Khan was assessed as a high risk of sexual reoffending.
Defence counsel Allan Macleod said Khan continued to maintain his innocence of the offences.
He asked the court to take account of his age and immaturity and said: "People do have the capacity to change over time."
He said Khan had a good work record and was self employed as a painter and decorator
Mr Macleod said Khan suffered from anxiety and depression and was in receipt of medication.
Khan was placed on the sex offenders' register for an indefinite period.
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