THE sentencing of two men who raped and murdered a young Fife father has been continued by a judge to get further reports on the depraved pair.

Cameron Allan, 21, of Berrylaw Place in Dunfermline, and Dylan Brister, 27, formerly of Herriot Crescent in Methil, are facing life sentences after they spiked Calum Simpson's drinks, leaving him unconscious before subjecting him to a horrifying sexual assault that was recorded on a mobile phone. 

They then murdered him.

Father-of-three Mr Simpson, 24, died from intoxication of drugs and alcohol following the attack at Brister's home in Methil. The victim's youngest child was born 11 days earlier.

The trial judge, Lord Harrower, will have to fix minimum terms - known as punishment parts - which the pair will have to serve before they can apply for parole as part of the mandatory life sentences for murder.

He agreed to adjourn sentencing for further reports to be prepared on Allan and Brister.

Michael Anderson KC, for Allan, said a supplementary report could address more fully the trauma experienced by his client as a youngster and the sentencing guidelines for young people.

Michael Meehan KC, for Brister, said the court could benefit from a forensic psychologist's report as the background report prepared had "a number of deficiencies".

Graphic footage of the assault was recovered from Allan's phone and shown to jurors at the trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. 

They were also shown photographs of the appalling injuries sustained by the dead man.

Allan and Brister, his former fiance, had denied murder.

They were unanimously found guilty by a jury of the sexual assault and rape of Mr Simpson and his murder.

The killing took place on November 2 and 3 in 2021 by causing him to ingest Etizolam tablets in alcoholic drinks without his knowledge, resulting in him losing consciousness and dying and failing to give or get medical help for him.

They were also found guilty of sexually assaulting and raping him after he was unconscious. The victim's wrists were bound with rope during the attack.

Prosecutor Angela Gray told the jury: "What you saw on that footage was rape. It was sexual assault. It was committed by both accused acting together."

The advocate depute said: "This is a plan between both accused to drug Calum Simpson to make sure that he does not get up. They drugged him for their sexual gratification. That drugging was wickedly reckless to the consequences and in so doing that had a complete disregard for the safety and the life of Calum Simpson."

She said the film footage was "a glimpse into the depravity" of the pair. During it Allan could be heard saying to his accomplice: "At least he is still breathing."

The court heard that Brister and Allan were seeking a man to make up a threesome with them, but efforts to find a participant failed.

Mr Simpson went to Brister's home in Herriot Crescent with a friend, Dylan Stewart, who knew the pair and later left, leaving him alone with them.

The advocate depute said: "There is no evidence that Calum Simpson had any homosexual tendencies."

During the trial the pair tried to blame each other for spiking drinks with the controlled drug Etizolam, which is commonly found in so-called 'street valium', but is up to 10 times more potent than diazepam.

Brister, who received almost £1,200 a month in benefits, had won more than £20,000 gambling and bought 1,000 tablets for £200.

He claimed he believed they were genuine diazepam.

During an interview with police Brister said: "We are not rapists. We are young boys that like a bit of fun."

He told the court that he suffered from a personality disorder and complex post traumatic stress disorder and received anti-psychotic medication.

He said on the night of the fatal attack he was "very, very out my face".

He added: "I won't dispute the fact that Calum passed out and we carried on. I didn't spike that boy, but yes I gave him drugs.

"We raped him and continued to have sex. It is what it is, disgusting. It should never have happened. I am not going to make excuses."

Allan, who also received £1,200 a month in benefits, said he was diagnosed with an attachment disorder after watching his mother die in a car accident when he was three. He claimed that he was now disgusted that he took videos of the attack.

He said he had "bad sex thoughts" because of what happened to him when she was younger and added: "This is the first time I have acted on those thoughts."

Allan said he was in love with Brister but claimed the older man ill-treated him.

Lord Harrower continued the sentencing until October 1.