An Edinburgh man who raped and killed a pensioner who treated him like a grandson has been jailed for 12 years and eight months.
Jay Soso, 20, from the Tollcross area of the city, attacked 63-year-old Marie Reid in her sheltered home in Easter Drylaw Way in November 2010.
Mrs Reid lay dead for up to four days before her body was discovered.
Soso was initially charged with murder, but admitted a reduced charge of culpable homicide.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lady Dorrian said Soso had been aware that his victim, who lived alone and suffered from poor health, was vulnerable.
She told the guilty man: "You knew her and there was an element of trust in the relationship you had with her.
"The rape was clearly forcible and violent, causing injuries to her and leading to her death."
Soso and his mother lived next door to Mrs Reid for five years between 2003 and 2008.
The court heard he helped Mrs Reid by running errands for her and she was described by Soso's mother Sharon as treating him "like a grandson."
Soso's family moved to England, but he didn't like it there and moved back to Edinburgh.
By 2010 he had a job in a fishmongers in Edinburgh and lived close to Mrs Reid.
He visited her occasionally, claiming he was checking to see how she was, before raping her on November 11, 2010.
Culled from BBC
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