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Ex-police officer is guilty of rape

A FORMER police officer burst into tears after he was convicted of raping an ex-colleague and another woman.

Stephen Cooperwhite, 35, subjected the two females to a series of sexual assaults dating back to September 2002.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Cooperwhite attacked the women at addresses in the Hebrides and Stirlingshire.

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