Robert Greens, the man known as the Da Vinci rapist, will not be sentenced on Friday as planned after the High Court in Glasgow agreed to postpone the hearing so his defence can obtain its own risk assessment report.
Greens, 49, was convicted this summer of raping another woman on two occasions between July 2003 and May 2005 at locations including Midlothian. He was also found guilty of assaulting the same woman between March 2000 and May 2005 at places including Edinburgh, Fort William and Midlothian.
Background and Previous Conviction
Greens was jailed for 10 years in 2006 after being found guilty of raping a Dutch student in May 2005 near Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian, a location made famous by Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.
The 19-year-old student had been visiting the chapel when she was attacked. She was so badly injured that a motorist who saw her standing by the roadside thought she had been hit by a car.
Court Proceedings and Next Steps
Greens was due to be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday. This followed a hearing in August when Lord Mulholland ordered a risk assessment report to determine whether an order for lifelong restriction (OLR) would be appropriate. An OLR is a lifelong sentence involving a period in custody followed by lifelong monitoring if the parole board considers release possible.
At Friday's hearing, the court heard that Greens's representatives have asked for time to have their own report carried out. Lord Mulholland agreed to set a new date, stating: "I will continue the case to the 2nd of February next year for the defence risk assessment report."
At the August hearing, Lord Mulholland had noted: "Just because I call for a risk assessment does not mean I would necessarily impose an OLR. I will look at what you say and I will look at whether an OLR is appropriate in this case."
