Overview
- Robertson was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely with lifetime non-harassment orders in force.
- He was convicted last month at the High Court in Glasgow of five offences against three women spanning 2004 to 2019, including the rape of one woman between 2018 and 2019.
- Prosecutors relied on pre-recorded victim testimony and corroborating accounts of historical incidents, including an allegation from the Lake District in 2007, to show a sustained campaign of violence, threats and control.
- Robertson denied wrongdoing at trial, lodging a special defence that sexual activity was consensual and telling jurors he was "no angel" while disputing the allegations.
- BBC Scotland had removed him from River City after the allegations emerged in 2023, and Crown Office and Police Scotland said the case highlighted the long-term harm of coercive abuse and urged anyone affected to report offences.