DJ Who Confessed To R@pe On YouTube After Finding God Is Jailed

A DJ who confessed to r@pe on YouTube before claiming to have ‘found God’ has been imprisoned.

Craig Strachan, then 21, was accused of getting into his victim’s bed and r@ping her in an Edinburgh basement home in 2013.

The now-33-year-old, who went by the stage name ‘Craig Saint,’ was found guilty by a jury at the High Court in Livingston and sentenced to six years in prison.

Despite pleading not guilty to the incident in July, Strachan claimed in an unearthed YouTube video posted in 2022 that he ‘completely f* up and r@ped a girl’ while on narcotics.

During an interview with the ‘Impossible Conversation’ YouTube channel, he went on to say, “When I had my spiritual awakening last year, it was so so scary because I was reminded of something that happened when I was 21, when I was really high and totally f****d up, I raped a girl.”

“I had sex with her when she was sleeping. It lasted about 10 seconds. She was in my bed and as soon as it happened, I instantly knew, ‘s***, I should not have done that’.”

Strachan was 21 when he entered into his victim’s bed uninvited and molested her while she slept, according to authorities. Strachan r@ped her after she awoke.

He said that he believed she was awake and consenting. In less than one hour, jurors found him guilty.

He was found guilty of uninvitedly entering the woman’s bed, caressing her on the body, and raping her both while she was sleeping and unable to give or withhold consent, as well as after she woke up.

The verdict was unanimous.

Judge Fiona Tait imposed the six-year term at the High Court in Stirling, telling Strachan, who appeared via video connection from Saughton Prison in Edinburgh, that the offence was of ‘great gravity’ and had a significant impact on his victim.

She added: “She should be commended for her courage in giving evidence – especially in the difficult circumstances of the publicity which your online disclosure attracted.”

Strachan was placed on the sex offenders registry for life and subjected to a non-harassment order that prohibited him from approaching or contacting his victim for 20 years.

The judge ruled that the non-harassment order was required despite the fact that the offending occurred in 2013, because Strachan had made contact with his victim more recently “in circumstances which prompted the present proceedings”.

He showed no emotion as the sentence was passed.

During his three-day trial, jurors were shown a number of Facebook messages, including one sent by the woman shortly after the incident, in which she simply stated: “You f*g raped me.” In his police interview, Strachan told a detective, “I should not have done it.

Either way, she was sleeping, which was terrible.” According to defence lawyer Alistair Sloan, Strachan “is aware this is clearly a serious offence”.

During the incriminating YouTube talk, Strachan laughed and giggled, indicating he had forgiven himself after ‘finding God’.

He said: “I did admit to this and I also got in contact with the girl and her family to apologise for the situation.

“That’s why I created The Forgiveness Movement – to help people who are afraid to speak up about their wrongs and give them help with how to seek forgiveness and forgive themselves.”

He added: “I don’t believe that someone should have to spend a lifetime carrying their mistake if they have done everything in their power to fix the situation.

“I felt so guilty. I kept feeling these feelings of guilt and shame for months afterwards. I really hope the girl forgives me one day. I was comparing myself to all these bad people when in actual fact I made a horrific mistake.”

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