In June 2019, the Offender Database reported that Mikey Hoc, then 19, was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow for a series of “evil” and “predatory” attacks across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Hoc, described by one of his victims as “evil,” carried out multiple rapes and sexual assaults, including a brutal attack on a blind woman who had asked him for help.
The court heard that in May 2018, a 49-year-old blind woman was at Craigour Green in the Moredun area when she fell and lost her footing. She approached Hoc and another man, asking them to help her get a taxi. Instead of assisting her, Hoc led her to what she believed was a bus stop, where he trapped her against the glass and carried out a prolonged sexual assault and rape. The victim told the court, “I asked him to stop… I couldn’t fight him anymore; he was too strong.” Hoc committed this horrific crime while he was already on bail from Edinburgh Sheriff Court for another rape charge.
Hoc’s history of violence extended to multiple victims. In March 2018, just weeks before the Moredun attack, he targeted two students at a college in the Lothian area. After drinking Jack Daniel’s, he dragged a 21-year-old woman onto a bed, covered her mouth, and raped her. He then became aggressive with her friend, holding a knife to her throat. Furthermore, a woman came forward during the investigation to reveal that when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Hoc had dragged her into the graveyard of St Cuthbert’s Church on Lothian Road in Edinburgh city centre and raped her against a wall.
During the proceedings, victims described how Hoc had “ruined” their lives, causing long-term psychological trauma. Lord Kinclaven, presiding over the case, noted the extreme gravity of Hoc’s repeated offending and his status as a high-risk individual. Hoc initially denied the charges, forcing his victims—including the blind woman—to give harrowing evidence in court.
Following his conviction in 2019, Mikey Hoc was handed an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR), a sentence reserved for Scotland’s most dangerous offenders. This means he will remain in prison until the Parole Board deems him no longer a threat to the public, and even then, he will be supervised for the rest of his life.
As a result of his serial predatory behaviour, Hoc is a registered sex offender for life. He is managed under the highest level of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) in Edinburgh. This ensures that if he is ever released, Police Scotland and the National Probation Service will maintain permanent, intensive surveillance of his movements and digital activities to safeguard the public.
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