Former Scotland police officer sentenced to 10 years

A former police officer in Scotland has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for a decade-long campaign of rape and domestic abuse against three women. Cameron Ross, 39, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday, July 2, 2026, after being found guilty in May of multiple violent and sexual offences.

Ross, who served as a sergeant and dog handler with Police Scotland, committed his crimes between 2012 and 2022 in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and in Inverness. He was convicted of five charges, including rape, assault, domestic abuse, attempting to pervert the course of justice, and engaging in threatening or abusive behaviour. In addition to the prison term, he has been placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely.

The court heard detailed evidence of Ross's pattern of abuse. One woman was raped after a party in 2012, testifying that she froze during the attack. A second woman was raped in June 2014 after being restrained. A third victim was subjected to a prolonged campaign of physical and psychological abuse between 2019 and 2022, during which Ross brandished a knife, punched her, gripped her throat, and threatened to kill her.