A rapist has been jailed for five years after his victim showed a court photos of her injuries.

The woman took the pictures on her mobile phone after she was assaulted by Kristopher Mayo at a house in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, and sent them to a relative.

Mayo was told at the High Court in Edinburgh that he had raped the woman despite her sobbing with distress after rejecting his advances.

Judge Lady Scott said: "This was a lengthy ordeal for your frightened victim."

Mayo, 31, formerly of Ellon, previously denied assaulting and repeatedly raping the woman on February 15 last year at a house in the town but a jury convicted him of the crime on a majority verdict.

During the assault he pushed the woman on to a bed; forced her head into a duvet, restricting her ability to breathe; struggled with her; pinned her to a bed, and molested her.

The woman, who gave her evidence screened from Mayo, told the court she had not wanted to "engage in any sexual contact of any description" at the time of the incident.

Defence counsel Michael Anderson said: "I recognise, as does the accused, that a sentence of imprisonment is inevitable for the offence of which he was convicted."

"He will during the sentence of imprisonment take all the opportunities available to him to better himself," he said.

Mayo was remanded in custody earlier this month after the guilty verdict and was placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.