A former King’s horseman who raped three young trainee instructors at a riding school has been jailed for 10 years.
James Armour struck while on leave from military duty in the 80s.
The now 57-year-old escaped justice for decades until one victim reported her ordeal to Rape Crisis in 2019 and then the police.
This sparked a probe into abuse of the girls at a centre in Fife.
Armour was yesterday sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.
He had earlier been convicted after a trial in Stirling of raping all three victims – aged between 17 and 19 – between 1983 and 1989.
Armour, known as Chris, had been a bombardier in the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, well known for Trooping the Colour as well as mount guards on Horse Guards Parade.
Armour had also represented Britain as an army showjumper.
Despite having a “responsible and disciplined” role in the military, judge Lord Young said Armour had left the victims suffering “real physical and emotional damage”.
Armour – who latterly lived in Congleton, Cheshire – claimed during the trial all three were “fantasists”.
He was also yesterday put on the sex offenders’ list indefinitely.
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