Rapist taxi driver at centre of Highland licensing row to appeal conviction

On the night of the attack, Brown picked up the woman who had been on a night out in Inverness – she had wanted to go back to her Highland village.

Instead, Brown drove past her destination before pulling into a lay-by near a farm, somewhere between Strathpeffer and Dingwall, and raped her.

He then left her in sub-zero temperatures in Dingwall.

Jailing Brown at the High Court in Stirling in May, judge Lord Renucci told him he had forced the teenager to undergo a terrifying ordeal.

The following month, six male councillors on Highland Council’s licensing committee voted in favour of Brown keeping his licence to operate a taxi business. Four female councillors voted against the move.

BBC Scotland News understands a member of his family requested that the licence continue.