A BEAST has been convicted of raping a property manager who came to inspect his home.

Keith Stevenson, 39, attacked the 50-year-old after grabbing her by the neck to stop her leaving the house in Gorebridge, Midlothian, last March.

She tried to make him stop by pretending she was pregnant but he told her to shut up and continued the vile attack.

Stevenson denied rape but jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh found him guilty.

Sentence was deferred for reports.