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

Vile Keith Stevenson, 39, grabbed the woman by her neck to stop her leaving the house in Gorebridge, Midlothian, last March.

The 50-year-old victim tried to stop the attack by pretending she was pregnant but he told her to shut up and carried on, the Daily Record reported .

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

Sentence was deferred for reports.