A sexual assault victim utilised social media to collect the evidence required to prosecute the Rapist Darren Gibson from Kelty, as presented in court.
The woman took to the internet to encourage other women who had been victimised by Darren Gibson, 32, to contact law enforcement officials.
On 13th September 2024, at the High Court in Edinburgh, Darren Gibson entered a guilty plea for rape, sexual assault, and threatening behaviour.
The unnamed female, who endeavoured to hold him accountable, was victimised in 2008 and 2009 at the age of 12.
Darren Gibson engaged in illicit sexual activities with her at various locations throughout Kelty.
Prosecutor Bill McVicar and Judge Lord Young said that Darren Gibson was 16 years old when he perpetrated these offences.
He said: “The accused told the complainer that he was attracted to a female in the year below him.
“The complainer sought to keep the accused interested in her by offering her virginity to him.”
Mr McVicar said that in the years following the attack, the woman realised she was the victim of a sexual assault and sought to bring Darren Gibson to justice.
The prosecutor said: “The complainer publicised her concerns about the conduct of the accused on social media to encourage other girls who had been involved with him to come forward and support her intended report to the police.
“When she did mark her report, she provided details of the other complainers, whom she had been in contact with.”
In court Darren Gibson admitted sexually abusing five women during a course of conduct which took place between 2008 and 2019 at locations in the village.
Darren Gibson had unlawful sex with two other schoolgirls.
Darren Gibson also sexually assaulted another female in 2014. The woman woke one evening to find him lying on top of her.
Mr McVicar said: “The complainer was alarmed and shouted out asking the accused what he was doing, to which he replied: ‘I’m not finished yet’.
“The complainer asked ‘Finished what? I was sleeping’ to which he replied ‘We are having sex’.
“The complainer told the accused no and explained to him that they were not going to have sex as she was sleeping.
“The accused became abusive when the complainer refused to have sexual intercourse and went into a mood, falling asleep.”
The court also heard how Darren Gibson raped another woman in 2018. She had been sleeping when she woke to find him on top of her.
Mr McVicar added: “The complainer felt pain. She managed to push him away and exclaimed she had been sleeping to which the accused replied ‘You were up for it’.
“The complainer explained that she had been sleeping and it was painful.”
Police arrested Darren Gibson in February 2022.
Mr McVicar said: “He made no meaningful admissions and made denials.”
Darren Gibson will be sentenced at the High Court in Dundee on October 9.
UPDATE 10.10.24
A 32-year-old man has been jailed for six years for a series of sexual offences in Fife.
Darren Gibson was sentenced at the High Court in Dundee on Wednesday, 9 October, 2024.
The crimes, including the sexual abuse of women and children and domestic abuse offences, occurred at various locations in Fife between 2008 and 2019.
Darren Gibson previously pled guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
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