A KELTY rapist who attacked five women has been jailed for six years.

Darren Gibson,32, was brought to justice after one of his victims used social media to gather the evidence needed to put him away.

She urged other women who had been targeted to come forward and speak to police and that led to a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh where, last month, he pleaded guilty to rape, sexual assault and threatening behaviour.

And this week he was sentenced at the High Court in Dundee to six years in prison.

Detective Inspector Calum Lawrie, of Fife’s Public Protection Unit, said: “Darren Gibson will now face the consequences of his actions. "I hope that this outcome will offer some level of closure for the victims in this case.

"I commend them for finding the courage to come forward and for their determination throughout this investigation.

“Police Scotland are committed to investigating any form of sexual abuse, regardless of when these crimes were committed.

“In collaboration with partner agencies, we are here to support victims through the process and we will work tirelessly to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice."

The female who sought to bring him to justice, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was targeted in 2008 and 2009 when she was aged just 12.

Gibson repeatedly had unlawful sex with her at locations in Kelty.

The trial was told that he was 16 when he committed these crimes.

Prosecutor Bill McVicar said: “The accused told the complainer that he was attracted to a female in the year below him.

“The complainer sought to keep the accused interested in her by offering her virginity to him.”

Mr McVicar said that in the years following the attack, the woman realised she was the victim of a sexual assault and sought to bring Gibson to justice.

He said: “The complainer publicised her concerns about the conduct of the accused on social media with a view to encouraging other girls who had been involved with him to come forward and support her intended report to the police.

“When she did mark her report, she provided details of the other complainers, all of whom she had been in contact with.”

In court Gibson admitted sexually abusing five women during a course of conduct which took place between 2008 and 2019 at locations in the village.

He had unlawful sex with two other schoolgirls and sexually assaulted another female in 2014. The woman woke one evening to find him lying on top of her.

Mr McVicar said: “The complainer was alarmed and shouted out asking the accused what he was doing to which he replied: ‘I’m not finished yet’.

“The complainer asked ‘Finished what? I was sleeping’ to which he replied ‘We are having sex’.

“The complainer told the accused no and explained to him that they were not going to have sex as she was sleeping.

“The accused became abusive when the complainer refused to have sexual intercourse and went into a mood, falling asleep.”

The court also heard how Gibson raped another woman in 2018. She had been sleeping when she woke to find him on top of her.

Mr McVicar added: “The complainer felt pain. She managed to push him away and exclaimed she had been sleeping to which the accused replied ‘You were up for it’.

“The complainer explained that she had been sleeping and it was painful.”

Police arrested Gibson in February 2022.

Mr McVicar said: “He made no meaningful admissions and made denials.”