A former police officer who drugged and raped a woman and subjected a second woman to years of abuse has been jailed for seven years.

Derek McNee was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday, 2 November, after pleading guilty to the offences in September. As well as the seven-year jail term, Judge David Young KC ordered McNee to be monitored for a further 18 months after his release. He was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and banned from contacting or approaching either victim, also indefinitely.

Victim filmed while unconscious

McNee repeatedly attacked his victim at a house in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, in 2025, after giving her drugs which left her unconscious. He filmed the attacks himself, and his crimes came to light when police seized his mobile phone during an unrelated enquiry and found four videos showing him carrying out sexual acts on the unconscious woman.

Prosecutor Ruaraidh Ferguson told the court the videos showed McNee performing sexual acts on the woman while she was clearly and obviously intoxicated, and that at various stages she was asleep or unconscious. In sentencing remarks published online, Judge Young told McNee: “As you recognise, there can be no free agreement when someone is incapable to give consent.”

The judge added that the woman, in two victim impact statements, had described her misery at McNee’s hands and how she remains affected, with severe psychological and practical consequences that continue to affect her life to a significant extent.

Second victim abused over five years

McNee also admitted subjecting a second woman to abusive and degrading behaviour over a five-year period between 2021 and 2025, in Glasgow and Paisley. The court heard he hounded the woman, making insulting remarks and contacting her almost 30 times in two days after she changed her phone number to escape him. He further admitted possessing an electronic stun gun, described as an ultra-high voltage device, which was found hidden in his car during a search in August 2025.

McNee worked as a police officer for seven years before resigning from Police Scotland in 2016. He went on to run a dog grooming business in Paisley. The court also heard he had previously been spared jail in 2021 for terrorising a young woman at his then home in Glasgow’s West End, and was put on supervision with a curfew after being convicted of abusive conduct.

Tony Graham KC, defending, told the court: “He has accepted his guilt – that is the best thing that can be said in mitigation on his behalf.”

Prosecutors praise victims’ courage

Procurator fiscal Faye Cook, of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, said: “Derek McNee subjected two women to serious abuse and exploitation. He used drugs to facilitate the rape of one woman, rendering her incapable of consenting to sexual activity.”

She added that the offences had a profound impact on both victims, who should have been safe in his company, and that their conviction reflects the courage of the women who felt able to report their experiences.

Detective Inspector Mairi MacDonald of Police Scotland said McNee subjected the women to horrific abuse and commended their courage in coming forward, adding that Police Scotland does not tolerate violence or sexual abuse in any form.