Lanarkshire teenager guilty of raping 14-year-old girl in Newmains woods

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A Wishaw teenager left a vulnerable 14-year-old girl in the snow after raping her in woods at night.Spencer Smith preyed on his victim in Newmains on February 1, 2019.The drunk schoolgirl left a hen do to meet Smith who led her into the woods known locally as 'The Bing'.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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He was locked up before being sentenced next month.The court heard that the 14-year-old girl had a “fair bit to drink” at a hen do, telling officers that she was “like dizzy and woozy.”The victim left nearby Robin’s Bar to meet Smith and his friend before heading to the woodlands behind the pub around midnight.In his closing speech, prosecutor John McElroy said: “Spencer Smith had sex with a drunk child.“She said she ‘tried to like get him off with kicking him’.“When he left her in the snow, without her trainers and freezing we heard her call to 999.”Officers met the victim at the bar who was “heavily under the influence of alcohol and very upset.”She was later found to be three times over the drink driving limit.Mr McElroy stated: