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Evening News - Scotland
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March 31, 1998
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A PENSIONER was raped in her own home by a pot-bellied sex beast after she answered a lonely hearts ad.

The 63-year-old woman, who is partially blind and infirm, was attacked in her home by a man calling himself "Kenny" and claiming to be from Edinburgh.

A detective today described the sex assault as "despicable". The woman contacted the man after answering his lonely hearts advertisement in a national newspaper and invited him to visit her. But when "Kenny" arrived at the pensioner's Fife home, he subjected her to a prolonged and brutal rape. The attacker was seen on an earlier occasion driving a small red N registration car, similar to a Nissan Micra, and police are keen to hear from women ...

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