A SEX beast from Dalry who attempted to rape a 15-year-old boy has been jailed for four years.

Stephen Cannon, 26, from James Street pulled down the victim’s underwear and pinned him down on a bed during the rape bid in an East Ayrshire village. Cannon was earlier found guilty of the sex attack committed on April 27 last year.

Lady Scott told him at the High Court in Edinburgh last week: “You have been convicted of the attempted rape of a 15-year-old boy.

“I consider custody is inevitable and you recognise that.” She told the first-time offender that a background report prepared on him suggested that he was ‘socially isolated’.

Cannon’s counsel Susan Duff said: “When the offence came to light he required to leave his local community.” She said: “He accepts a custodial sentence is inevitable and is anxious about the future.” The defence counsel added: “He tends to spend most of his time alone.” Cannon was told that he would be placed on the sex offenders’ register and would remain there indefinitely.