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Ayrshire cycle path was today caged for four and a half years. Mark Pettigrew, from was also convicted of raping another 15-year-old girl and having underage sex with a third.

sex predator who was caught on camera raping a 13 year-old girl on a cycle path was today caged for four and a half years.Mark Pettigrew, 19, was also convicted of raping another 15-year-old girl and having underage sex with a third.At the High Court in Glasgow judge Lord Burns told Pettigrew: “You have either pled guilty to or been found guilty of very serious sex offences against young girls.

Ayrshire cycle path.Mark Pettigrew attacked the child after giving her alcohol on August 9 last year.A cyclist riding on the track between Galston and Hurlford happened to record the 19-year-old on top of the motionless girl.Jurors heard how Pettigrew was on bail at the time having earlier raped a 15-year-old and had underage sex with a 14-year-old.Pettigrew – who denied the accusations – is now behind bars after being convicted at the High Court in Glasgow today.The first offender will learn his fate in the New Year.Pettigrew insisted the girl at the cycle path had pestered him to "s***" her.But prosecutor Greg Farrell told jurors the claim was "patently nonsense".The trial heard the youngster had been given drink before Pettigrew pulled