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   A Scottish rapist who was considered missing, and possibly dead,   
   in California has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after   
   authorities finally tracked him down.   
      
   Kim Avis, 57, was jailed in the Edinburgh High Court following   
   his arrival back in the UK on Friday after pleading guilty to   
   non-sexual charges. He maintains he is innocent over the sexual-   
   related offences.   
      
   Last month, Avis was found guilty on three counts of rape and   
   one count of sexual assault in the High Count in Glasgow,   
   according to the Crown Office. He is originally from Inverness,   
   where we worked at the market and had once received a good   
   citizen award.   
      
   He will serve 12 years for the sexual crimes, which include a   
   rape and an offence against a child, and three for not attending   
   his court sessions. He was supposed to begin his trial in March   
   2019 but failed to attend court as he had fled to the US.   
      
   Fraser Gibson, the procurator fiscal for High Court sexual   
   offences, said of the case, “This has been a difficult and   
   complex investigation for all those involved. I would like to   
   commend the victims for their bravery in coming forward.”   
      
   He continued, “Kim Avis went to great lengths to evade justice   
   for his crimes. Thanks to the efforts of police and prosecutors,   
   working together with US law enforcement, he has been brought to   
   justice and sentenced today.”   
      
   Prior to arriving back in Scotland, he was in detention, under   
   the control of US Marshalls from July 2019 after being believed   
   to be missing for six months.   
      
   He was considered to be dead as he had been last seen in   
   Monastery Beach, an infamous location in Carmel, California due   
   to the amount of people who have died swimming there. The   
   beach’s reputation has gained it the grim moniker “Mortuary   
   Beach”.   
      
   It was unclear whether the man was alive or dead, but US   
   authorities continued their search and finally discovered him in   
   Colorado.   
      
   A member of Police Scotland’s domestic abuse task force,   
   Detective Caine McIntyre supported Avis’ conviction and praised   
   his victims for coming forward and cooperating with the process.   
      
   “I would like to take this opportunity to commend the   
   victims/survivors in this case for the courage, strength and   
   dignity they have shown throughout this investigation and   
   subsequent court case.”   
      
   She also urged people in similar situations to come forward and   
   reach out to the relevant authorities.   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/scottish-rapist-fled-california-faked-   
   141257572.html   
      
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