Outrage at sentence of child rapist

A Scottish law chief has demanded a report into why a man who raped a 13-month-old baby was given a five-year jail sentence.

Lord Advocate Colin Boyd QC has said the sentence for the shocking crime is "unduly lenient".

Father-of-three James Taylor, 43, took pictures of himself raping the baby girl. He was caught after posting child pornography on the internet and when police raided his house they found 2,280 indecent images of children on his computer, CDs and floppy disks. He was sentenced at the High Court in Dunfermline after admitting raping the baby girl, indecency towards a six-year-old girl and possessing indecent images of children.

Children's charities are outraged at the sentence, given after a psychologist's report saying Talyor is at low risk of reoffending.