Overview
- Kennedy, 44, was serving a seven-year term imposed in August 2024 for raping a 15-year-old after supplying her alcohol and street Valium.
- The offence took place on September 24, 2021, in a car park on Merkland Street in Partick, Glasgow.
- He died on February 19 at HMP Barlinnie, and Police Scotland and the Procurator Fiscal have been notified, the prison service said.
- Lord Arthurson said the girl was highly vulnerable and that Kennedy posed a significant risk, particularly to lone females.
- Court proceedings recorded that he was on a deferred sentence for a needle-related offence and subject to two bail orders at the time of the rape.