Overview

• Jurors at the High Court in Glasgow found Clacher, 57, guilty of raping two women in separate attacks in Troon in August 2019 and Glasgow in September 2020.
• He abandoned his car at Loch Long in May 2022 and left a fake suicide note blaming a victim, prompting an arrest warrant and later a missing-persons appeal.
• Spain’s Civil Guard arrested him in Nerja in May 2024 following anonymous information to the UK National Crime Agency, and he was extradited the next month.
• Prosecutors said he misrepresented his identity and age on dating apps and noted a £5,500 withdrawal from a business account the day before he disappeared.
• Judge Lord Cubie remanded him in custody and indicated a lengthy prison term was likely, and his professional registration as a dietitian was struck off in July.