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Evil rapist Jonathan Mallon has been jailed for life after a 13 year reign of terror over vulnerable women. The creep met his victims at church events and raped two in public places, including a swimming pool changing room and the toilet of a busy cinema.
A vicious pervert was branded a “monster” yesterday as he was handed a life sentence for a campaign of terror that lasted 13 years.
Jonathon Mallon raped five women and sexually abused a sixth during a string of horrific offences that took place between December 1999 and March 2013.
One of his victims was a 21-year-old woman who was raped at addresses in Paisley, Renfrew and Greenock.
Mallon also forced a 31-year-old woman to perform a sex act on him at a Paisley house.
He was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow after a lengthy trial.
Mallon, 32, raped one of his victims in a cinema toilet and another was attacked in a changing cubicle at a busy swimming pool.
Each of his victims – who are now aged between 21 and 31 – was described as “vulnerable”.
Jailing Mallon for life and ordering him to spend at least 10 years behind bars before being able to apply for parole, judge Bill Dunlop QC told him: “This was a course of conduct that can only be described as monstrous.
“These offences were carried out against six women, each of whom was vulnerable in one way or another.
“It’s clear that you saw women who were vulnerable and ruthlessly exploited them for your own sexual gratification.
“The evidence all spoke of you meeting them and, at first, you charmed them, then very quickly became controlling.”
Judge Dunlop said Mallon’s victims had been left “devastated” by what happened to them.
He added: “The distress of your victims at the time must have become obvious to you and you simply ignored that.”
Prosecutor Kath Harper told the court keen churchgoer Mallon has previous convictions for domestic abuse, violence, carrying a knife and fire-raising.
Mallon met two of his victims at church, while another was ‘chatted up’ on a bus.
He met the others at parties.
One victim, aged 21, said Mallon would demand sex two or three times every day.
She added: “If I said I didn’t want sex, he just didn’t listen. He would say ‘I’m horny’ and just go on and on about wanting sex.
“I would try to push him away but he was just too strong.”
Another victim, who is 26, told the court how Mallon raped her in a cubicle at Scotstoun Swimming Baths, in Glasgow, while families with young children were nearby.
She said: “The place was really full of kids. I said ‘no’ and he told me ‘You know what will happen, don’t create a scene’.
“I said ‘you can’t, not here’ and he just told me to shut up.
“Afterwards, he said ‘do you know what I’ve just done to you? I’ve raped you.’
“It kind of looked like he was gloating.”
A third victim is now dead but statements she gave to police were read out in court.
She told how Mallon raped her in the gents’ toilets at the Odeon cinema, in Renfield Street, Glasgow.
The woman said: “I told him to stop, that I didn’t want to do it in the toilet, but he just kept going.”
In her statement to police, she also said Mallon forced her to have sex with a pensioner.
When she complained that the old man was dirty and smelly, Mallon bathed him and then told her to have sex.
The woman also said Mallon raped her after she became pregnant.
In evidence, Mallon denied all of the allegations against him and claimed that any sex had been consensual.
Defence QC Frances McMenamin said Mallon had suffered a horrific childhood and had been the victim of violence himself.
Last night, the Renfrew-based policeman who led the investigation into Mallon’s reign of terror welcomed the life sentence.
Detective Inspector Mark McGowan said: “Hopefully, we have given these women justice.
“Mallon is a calculating individual, who preyed on the vulnerability of his victims – first luring them into a relationship and then carrying out horrific acts on each of them.”