The Da Vinci rapist Robert Greens is understood to have been moved out of Danderhall as witnesses report boxes leaving a house where he was living and windows boarded shut.
Danderhall residents angrily gathered outside the home nearly every night since Monday October 3 to demand authorities remove him from the neighbourhood - and on Friday it appeared as though they had won.
On Friday morning, witnesses reported that boxes of the offender's belongings were seen loaded into a car and the house was subsequently boarded shut. Several members of the community concluded that “the beast” had been relocated.
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On Friday, Police Scotland said they “cannot comment on specific individuals” to confirm or deny whether or not Greens had been relocated.
However, Police previously advised that the person currently at the Neatoune Court address would be moved for the safety of themselves and the community.
Greens had been living at the mid-terrace new-build in Neatoune Court, Danderhall for an unknown length of time before the community discovered his identity.
The 44-year-old, responsible for one of the most harrowing sex attacks in Scottish criminal history.
Greens was dubbed the Da Vinci rapist for his horrific attack in 2006 on a Dutch student near Rosslyn Chapel in Midlothian, a key location in the book The Da Vinci Code. The 19-year-old suffered horrific injuries, which were initially thought to have come from a car smash.
Greens raped the Dutch student in a horrific attack near Rosslyn Chapel in 2005.
At the High Court in Edinburgh in December 2005, Greens admitted dragging her along the ground, sitting on her, threatening her with a knife and asking if she was a virgin. He then repeatedly struck her on the face and raped her.
Greens denied the attack at first and tried to blame his twin brother. He eventually pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in April 2006.
A trio of local Councillors representing the Danderhall community, had also called for the offender’s relocation earlier this month.
Cllr Stephen Curran, Cllr Colin Cassidy and Cllr Margot Russell made a joint statement on October 7, writing: "The management of offenders in our communities is overseen by MAPPA (Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements – Police, SPS, Health and Local Authorities), a legislative partnership.
“Councillors have no involvement or input, nor are we sighted or consulted regarding the release of prisoners or the management of offenders in our communities."
"If the media reports are true, we share the serious concerns raised by the community and local residents. We have conveyed these concerns to MAPPA.
"This individual committed one of the most serious violent sexual crimes this country has ever seen. It would be in the interest of everyone that he is removed from the community, and for the property to be allocated to a local family.”
A Police Scotland spokesperson previously said they work with their partners on a daily basis to manage registered sex offenders across all of Scotland’s communities.
They said: "Every offender is assessed and managed in line with the risk they present. Information sharing between the MAPPA partners and initial risk assessments take place for all offenders, regardless of the level of risk management, and offenders can be managed at different levels throughout their period of notification or supervision.
"A number of measures can be put in place to manage offenders in the community and these are monitored by dedicated police officers and partner organisations. Keeping people safe is our main priority in all cases."
A Midlothian Council spokesman said: "We do not comment on individual cases. Public safety is of paramount importance and where appropriate we work with our partners to ensure that there are robust processes and procedures in place.”
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