A convicted rapist has died in custody at HMP Edinburgh.
David Ferguson reportedly died in hospital on Saturday, June 4, while serving out his jail sentence.
The pensioner was caged for 10-years for sexually abusing two girls.
The 67-year-old was initially handed a 10-year sentence in 2015 after being found guilty of a campaign of sexual abuse at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
While serving at HMP Edinburgh, he was sentenced to a further 10 years behind bars in August 2021 for the sexual abuse of two more victims - one when the victim was a teenager, and the other a child.
A trial at Edinburgh High Court found him guilty of three sexual offences, including rape and attempted murder committed between October 1988 and August 2010 in Fife.
The first rape took place at a house in Ballingry when he attacked a victim who was sleeping.
He went on to attack and molest the woman again at a property in Cowdenbeath.
The second victim was aged just six or seven when the sexual abuse began.
The death is not being treated as suspicious.
A Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held in due course.
A spokesperson from the Scottish Prison Service said: "David Ferguson, 67, a prisoner from HMP Edinburgh has died on June 4, 2022.
"He was sentenced at Aberdeen High Court in 2015.
"Police Scotland have been advised and the matter reported to the Procurator Fiscal.
"A Fatal Accident Inquiry will be held in due course."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “At 2.20pm on Saturday, June 4, police were made aware of the death of a 67-year-old man at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, having previously been conveyed there from HMP Edinburgh.
"There are no suspicious circumstances and a report was submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.”
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