A CHEF who raped an ex-partner then later battered another lover has been jailed for five and a half years.

Cameron Currie, 23 carried out the sex attack on the girl in April 2012 when she was 15.

Jurors heard how the victim was left “numb” following the crime at a house in Prestwick, Ayrshire.

Currie went on to physically abuse a woman he was dating in 2016.

She described feeling “worthless” after suffering at his hands.

Currie today returned to the High Court in Glasgow having been convicted of rape and assault.

His QC John Scullion said Currie, also of Prestwick, continues to protest his innocence.

But, Lady Rae told Currie: “It seems to me that you do not seem to recognise that you have done anything wrong. I hope you can change your attitude.”

The court heard how he and the rape victim had split up after dating in 2011.

They later met before chatting and listening to music. Currie kissed the girl, but she attempted to get him away.

In his speech to jurors, prosecutor Paul Kearney said: “You remember the emotion as she told you what happened next.

“She was trying to push him away, saying 'no' and 'stop'. She thought this was four to six times she said this, but he took no notice.

“At one point, he said: 'I cannot stop now I have started'.”

The victim told the court how she “froze” and felt “numb” during the attack.

The girl eventually got away, but returned to the room where Currie still was.

She recalled: “I was physically shaking and having pain in my ribs from him leaning on me.”

The sex attacker asked why she was upset.

The traumatised girl was “whimpering” and struggling to talk when she later tried speaking to a friend.

Mr Kearney: “In the days that followed, she did not really want to talk to anyone, did not want to eat and wanted to be in bed all the time.”

She also suffered a panic attack when she saw Currie again.

The victim eventually confided in her mum, who was increasingly concerned about her daughter.

It was years later she then told police, who were investigating allegations made against Currie.

Currie preyed on the second victim in 2016.

Prosecutor Mr Kearney said: “She stayed with him despite arguing a lot and him saying vile and unpleasant things, which made her feel worthless.”

The court heard Currie once attacked her after she made him food.

The woman felt the incident lasted for “hours” as she struggled to breathe.

She recalled: “He would tell me it was my fault, something I had done.

“Often he would cry and say that he would not do it again.”

Currie was also placed on the sex offenders list.