June 2023 Sick rapist who fled during trial jailed for eight years as victim hits out at fiend THE furious victim of a ‘despicable’ rapist who went AWOL before his trial ended has blasted the coward – as he was jailed for eight years. David McCue, 40, absconded before the jury returned its guilty verdicts at the High Court in Glasgow was on the run for two months. Defence counsel Sarah Livingstone told the court that the beast, from Springboig, Glasgow,  had a ‘mental health meltdown’  and camped in a forest to avoid getting caught. But the survivor rubbished the pitiful excuses for his disappearing act which prolonged the agony for her and the child victim. She said: “There are no forests in Springboig – it’s all complete lies.
“He’s protecting the paedophile and rapist lovers who let him stay in their homes for two months. “Playing the mental health card is pathetic as well. “The enormity of what he had done has hit him and he’s run away like the coward he is.” McCue, also known as David Ross, had been found guilty of repeated attacks on a woman in the Glasgow’s  Townhead and Barlanark areas  including while she was asleep. He was further convicted of sexually assaulting a girl with all  the offences taking place between 2010 and 2018. His lawyer told the High Court in Inverness: “He was intending to come but everything came crashing down. “A juror had been excused due to her conduct – shaking her head and he formed the view that matters were not going for him. “He was overhwelmed and scared of going to prison. He also had suicidal thoughts, went drinking that day and didn’t stop. He was at rock bottom.” On the sex offences, Ms Livingstone said her client still protested his innocence. She added: “There can be no mitigating factors to these offences. But there is an absence of anything analogous and there was no evidence in the trial that this was premeditated.” Sentencing him to seven years for the sex offences and an extra year for contempt of court by failing to appear, judge Olga Pastportikov told him: “Your actions were despicable. “You robbed a child of her innocence and left a woman thinking she was responsible. “Both of your victims will hopefully regain some of their lives. Crimes such as yours must attract a custodial sentence. “Turning to the question of your absconding, you remained at large for two months, acting in wilful defiance of the court’s authority.” McCue was also placed on the sex offender list indefinitely. May 2023: Has now been caught April 2023 Cops still hunting for rapist who vanished after court found him guilty of sex attack on girl Police have issued a wanted appeal for a fugitive rapist and paedophile – SIX WEEKS after he went on the run. David McCue, 40 – also known as David Ross – was found guilty of abusing a girl aged seven and an adult female in his absence in March after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow A warrant was issued for his immediate arrest by the judge but there was no public appeal or warning made by cops about the fiend – who is from Springboig, Glasgow. The Scottish Sun contacted Police Scotland on Thursday to highlight concerns and just hours later officers decided to publish an appeal urging McCue, also known as David Ross, to hand himself in – and telling the public not to approach him. Police have targeted the properties of McCue’s mother, father and brother in the east end of Glasgow and Cumbernauld looking for him. It comes two days after we revealed police had asked the public to try to find a missing man – but failed to say he was a rapist. McCue was convicted of repeated attacks on a woman in Glasgow including while she was asleep. The 41 year-old was further guilty of sexually assaulting a girl aged between 7 and 13. The charges spanned between 2010 and 2018. McCue had initially been in the dock for the trial at the High Court in Glasgow, but went AWOL as the case entered its latter stages. He was not present when jurors returned guilty verdicts to four charges McCue also has to be present to be formally put on the sex offenders list as a result of his conviction. Judge Olga Pastportnikow recalled the case days later in the hope he had been found. But, prosecutor Paul Kearney KC told that hearing at the time: “The long and short of it is that he still at large. “Various addresses have been checked and excluded. Entry has been forced at two addresses without success. “The efforts (to find McCue) remain ongoing.”