Serial Abuser Jailed for Nine Years for Sexual Offences in Perthshire

Clifford Hodgkins, 42, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a series of serious sexual offences committed in Perthshire.

Hodgkins abused a woman over a period of 19 months, between September 2020 and January 2022, at various locations in Blairgowrie.

He was found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh earlier this year of rape, physical and sexual assaults, and abusive behaviour, including brandishing a screwdriver at his victim.

In addition to his prison sentence, Hodgkins will be subject to three years of supervision upon release and has been placed on the sex offenders' register for life.