A former police officer who filmed himself raping a sleeping woman is facing jail.

Derek McNee repeatedly targeted the woman at a house in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, in 2025.

The 42-year-old, who spent seven years in the police before running a dog grooming business in Paisley, was caught after officers found four incriminating videos on his mobile phone.

McNee appeared at the High Court in Glasgow, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of rape.

He was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced next month.

The court heard that McNee had asked the woman if it would “arouse” her if he “did things” while she was sleeping.

She agreed. He also suggested filming what he was doing, and the woman, who had personal issues, replied that “he could if he wanted to”.

McNee later sent her footage he had recorded. She watched the clips but told him to delete them.

Prosecutor Ruaraidh Ferguson told the court: “Four videos were recovered from his telephone which depict McNee performing sexual acts on the woman while she is clearly and obviously intoxicated.

“At various stages, she is asleep or unconscious.”

Mr Ferguson went on to give graphic details of what McNee filmed.

This included a 35-minute video during which he told the woman: “Do not f***ing move. Do not wriggle about. Stay still, shut up.”

At one stage, she “audibly objects” to what he is doing. McNee calls her “useless”.

In another clip, the former officer is wearing a mask across his eyes. The woman is described as “fully unresponsive throughout”.

During the final video recovered, the woman is initially awake. McNee asked what was going to happen, and she replied: “Get raped.”

McNee, who had a history of drug-taking, then called her “a s**t”.

The woman said she was “drunk” before eventually falling asleep. McNee again went on to take advantage of her condition.

McNee was arrested over the sexual attacks in December 2025.

He also pleaded guilty to hounding another woman between 2021 and 2025 in Glasgow and Paisley.

This included making insulting remarks to her. She was forced to change her phone number, but McNee discovered the new number and contacted her almost 30 times in two days.

McNee further admitted possessing a stun gun after his car was searched in August 2025.

Judge David Young KC deferred sentencing for reports and placed McNee on the sex offenders’ register in the meantime.

McNee had previously been spared jail in 2021 for terrorising a young woman who recalled “the devil in his eyes”.

He put the woman through a frightening ordeal over several months at his former home in Glasgow’s west end.

This included assaulting her, threatening to kill her and tearing up her designer jacket with tweezers.

McNee was placed under supervision and given a curfew after being convicted of engaging in abusive conduct following a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

By Grant McCabe

Renfrewshire News Court Reporter

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