Victim speaks out after Dundee rapist sentenced
BBCA woman who was raped in Dundee when she was 16 by a former psychology student has said he put her in a "lifelong emotional prison".
Nicholas Grannell, 27, was jailed for six years at the High Court in Edinburgh after being found guilty by a jury.
The trial heard that Grannell put his hands around the teenager's throat during the attack.
His victim described Grannell as a "manipulative and dangerous predator."
In a statement issued through solicitor Digby Brown, the woman said: "Nicholas Grannell will only spend six years in jail but he has put me in a life-long emotional prison I can never escape from.
"I struggle to understand why this happened to me and how the confident girl I was is now isolated from the life I enjoyed.
"I don't know if I'll ever be the same again, but I am dealing with what he did to me the best I can."
Grannell was convicted at the High Court in Dundee in February.
Sentencing Grannell, judge Lord Renucci said: "She was crying and telling you to stop, that she did not want it, but you ignored her and carried on."
The judge said it was clear that the impact of the attack in 2023 was "significant and enduring".
Defence counsel Gary Allan KC said Grannell had no previous convictions that were of any relevance.
He said Grannell had studied psychology at university and added: "His ambitions to pursue that career, after he is free to do so, are in tatters following this conviction."
Lord Renucci told Grannell that he would be placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and made a non-harassment order banning him from approaching, contacting or communicating with his victim.
