Lee Murray was found guilty of four charges following a trial at the High Court in Inverness on 30 July.

The 53-year-old also sent the child indecent images of himself and inappropriate messages while proposing to meet up with her.

He was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting her in his vehicle on various occasions in the Inverness area.

While on bail, the former Thistle Girls FC head coach sent sexual messages to an adult female, who was posing as a 14-year-old girl on a social media app.

Murray, who believed he was talking to the underage child, then engaged in a video call on WhatsApp where he indecently exposed himself to the same person.

The offending took place between January 2021 and October 2022.

Today at the High Court in Edinburgh, Murray was given a sentence of seven years’ imprisonment and a non-harassment order banning him from contacting or attempting to contact his victim for three years.

His name has been added to the sex offenders’ register indefinitely.